Educator.
Writer-Editor.
Southerner.
Gene Kelly fan.
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A college instructor for more than 13 years, Kelli teaches media and cinema studies courses at DePaul University. She researches, writes, and speaks regularly about the star image and fandom of Gene Kelly as well as Shakespeare in film, art, and popular culture.
In 2012, Kelli published Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, which she co-edited with Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm. An excerpt of the book is available on the publisher's website.
Kelli's writings have appeared in the popular press, on scholarly websites, and in peer-reviewed journals. Her work has also been featured in pop-culture and humor encyclopedias, in single-issue magazines, on podcasts and radio programs, in newspapers, and at national and international conferences.
View Kelli's publications by topic, by outlet, by publication date, or enjoy 10 of her favorites here:
Kelli is also interested in the integration of social (and new) media in and outside the classroom, teaching with Twitter and video essays in particular. Because of her experience in this field, Kelli serves as a columnist for Chronicle Vitae, where she writes about how to incorporate technology and visual art into the traditional university classroom.
In her spare time, Kelli runs local races (as well as the occasional one in Louisiana), renovates her 1924 Chicago bungalow with this guy, and curates Gene Kelly Fans. She also founded and edits The Outtake—a publication devoted to smart, accessible, and sometimes very personal writing on all aspects of film and television, classical and contemporary.
Kelli received her B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Louisiana-Monroe (minors in history and French). She earned the Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities from the University of Texas-Dallas.
In 2012, Kelli published Locating Shakespeare in the Twenty-First Century, which she co-edited with Dr. Gabrielle Malcolm. An excerpt of the book is available on the publisher's website.
Kelli's writings have appeared in the popular press, on scholarly websites, and in peer-reviewed journals. Her work has also been featured in pop-culture and humor encyclopedias, in single-issue magazines, on podcasts and radio programs, in newspapers, and at national and international conferences.
View Kelli's publications by topic, by outlet, by publication date, or enjoy 10 of her favorites here:
- Milk and Mythology in Singin' in the Rain, Transformative Works and Cultures, 2017
- Road-Tripping to Gene Kelly's House: Fan Tourism on Rodeo Drive, In Media Res, 2017
- The Walking Dead: Negan as Sadomasochistic Fantasy, PopMatters, 2016
- “How to Curate Your Digital Identity As an Academic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2015
- The Art of Animated Gifs: A Throwback to Cinema's Beginning, JSTOR Daily, 2015
- Our Long National Love Affair with the American Bungalow, The Week, 2014
- Bromance and the Boys of Boston Legal, FlowTV, 2011
- The Best Sex in Contemporary Hollywood: Musical Number in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bright Lights Film Journal, 2010
- Something's Gotta Give and the Classical Screwball Comedy, Journal of Popular Film and Television, 2009
- Creative Process and Power of Art in Shakespeare Behind Bars, Literature/Film Quarterly, 2009
Kelli is also interested in the integration of social (and new) media in and outside the classroom, teaching with Twitter and video essays in particular. Because of her experience in this field, Kelli serves as a columnist for Chronicle Vitae, where she writes about how to incorporate technology and visual art into the traditional university classroom.
In her spare time, Kelli runs local races (as well as the occasional one in Louisiana), renovates her 1924 Chicago bungalow with this guy, and curates Gene Kelly Fans. She also founded and edits The Outtake—a publication devoted to smart, accessible, and sometimes very personal writing on all aspects of film and television, classical and contemporary.
Kelli received her B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Louisiana-Monroe (minors in history and French). She earned the Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Humanities from the University of Texas-Dallas.
Recent ProjectKelli's web design students created remixes featuring only public domain and Creative Commons material. Projects reflected the students' digital identities. This remix, "A Little Joy," was Kelli's contribution.
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