Kelly
C.
George,
Ph.D.
Director
of
Academic
Programs
Institute
on
Disabilities
|
College
of
Education
Temple
University
Philadelphia,
PA
19122
215.680.1582
kelly.george@temple.edu
www.kelly­george.com
EDUCATION,
COURSEWORK,
AND
HONORS
Education
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
Philadelphia,
PA
Doctoral
Program
in
Media
and
Communication
Fall
2008‐
Fall
2014
Dissertation
title:
The
Birth
of
a
Haunted
“Asylum”:
Public
Memory
and
Community
Storytelling
Committee:
Dr.
Carolyn
Kitch
(Advisor,
Media
and
Communication),
Dr.
Fabienne
Darling‐Wolf
(Media
and
Communication),
Dr.
David
Mitchell
(Disability
Studies),
Dr.
Seth
Bruggeman
(Outside
reader,
Department
of
History)
EMERSON
COLLEGE
in
collaboration
with
Tufts
University
School
of
Medicine,
Boston,
MA
Master
of
Arts
in
Health
Communication
Spring
2008
RUTGERS
COLLEGE,
RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY,
New
Brunswick,
NJ
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
English
&
Theater
Arts
Spring
2000
Selected
Doctoral
and
Graduate
Coursework
Memory
Studies
&
Public
Humanities
Media
and
Social
Memory
(MC
9748)
Museums
and
Memorials
(MC
9883)
Communication
Institutions
(MC
9525)
Qualitative
Research
Methods
Ethnographic
Methods
(MC
9882)
Researching
Communication
II
–
Qualitative
(MC
9102)
Fieldwork
in
Ethnography
(ANTH
5389)
Disability,
Gender
&
Medicine
Introduction
to
Disability
Studies
(DS
5501)
Disability
and
Social
Policy
(DS
54403)
Theories
of
Health
(HC
614)
Introduction
to
Feminist
Studies
(WS
8001)
Digital
Media
Multimedia
Journalism
(JR
595)
Media
Strategies
(HC
561)
Plangere
Culture
Lab
Summer
Multimedia
Practicum
Awards
and
Honors
Graduate
Associate
Fellowship
Center
for
the
Humanities
at
Temple,
Temple
University
2012‐2013
Teaching
Assistantship
School
of
Media
and
Communication,
Temple
University
Spring
2012
Teaching/Research
Assistantship
School
of
Media
and
Communication,
Temple
University
Fall
2008‐Spring
2011
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Teaching
Experience
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
Philadelphia,
PA
Disability
Rights
and
Culture
(Graduate
Seminar,
IOD)
Spring
2014
This
graduate
seminar
provides
a
socio‐historical
survey
of
the
political,
economic,
social,
and
culturally‐based
relations
between
people
with
disabilities
and
those
without
disabilities
in
America.
Topics
such
as
the
social
construction
of
disability
and
the
changing
experiences
of
people
with
disabilities
are
discussed
in
the
context
of
other
civil
rights
movements
and
the
broader
evolution
of
social
policy.
Writing
Workshop
(MSP
3196)
Spring
2014
An
intensive,
hands‐on
course
that
stresses
writing
fundamentals
while
encouraging
students
to
express
themselves
in
many
forms
of
writing
from
journals,
to
essays,
to
scripts
and
more.
Students
read
their
work
in
class,
work
in
groups,
and
meet
with
the
instructor
for
personal
critiques.
Communication
and
Public
Life
(CMST
1111)
Spring
2012
Public
Speaking
(STOC
1111)
Spring
2009
URSINUS
COLLEGE,
Collegeville,
PA
Media
and
Society
(MCS
205)
Fall
2011
ROWAN
UNIVERSITY,
Glassboro,
NJ
Public
Speaking
(CMS
205)
Fall
2011
Introduction
to
the
interrelationships
between
communication
and
public
life,
including
the
engagements
that
take
place
in
social
institutions,
politics,
the
professions
and
the
arts.
Students
will
look
at
the
basic
literature
on
the
concept
of
civil
society
and
explore
the
issues
discussed
in
the
four
tracks
that
make
up
Communication
Studies:
Policy,
Regulation
and
Advocacy;
Contemporary
Media
Environments;
Global
Civil
Society;
and
Arts
in
the
Public
Sphere.
Students
will
prepare,
present,
and
evaluate
speeches
to
inform
and
persuade
on
significant
topics
of
public
concern.
Students
will
learn
principles
of
public
speaking
and
critical
thinking:
those
concerned
with
the
discovery
and
evaluation
of
arguments
and
evidence,
organization,
style,
audience
analysis
and
adaptation,
speech
composition,
and
presentation
skills.
This
course
explores
the
role
and
influence
of
media
in
shaping
social
norms,
political
decision
making,
and
individual
beliefs
and
practices.
In
addition
to
a
consideration
of
historical
developments,
the
course
engages
contemporary
issues
such
as
corporate
conglomeration,
globalization,
media
convergence,
digital
culture,
audiences
as
producers
and
receivers,
and
consumer
culture.
This
course
trains
students
in
the
fundamentals
of
public
speaking,
including
study
and
practice
of
speech
preparation
and
delivery.
The
goal
is
to
enable
the
student
to
participate
effectively
in
oral
communication
as
a
student,
as
a
professional
and
as
a
citizen.
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.
PUBLICATIONS
AND
PRESENTATIONS
Peer­Reviewed
Articles
Published
George,
K.C.
(November
2012).
Self‐help
as
women’s
popular
culture
in
suburban
New
Jersey:
An
ethnographic
perspective.
Participations,
Journal
of
Audience
&
Reception
Studies.
Peer­Reviewed
Articles
Under
Review
and
Forthcoming
Cachia,
A.,
George,
K.C.,
Lindgren,
K.
(forthcoming,
April
2014).
Growing
rhizomatically:
Disability
studies,
the
art
gallery
and
the
consortium.
Disability
Studies
Quarterly,
invited
essay
for
Special
Issue
on
“Growing
Disability
Studies.”
George,
K.C.
(2012).
“They
could
be
us”:
Remembering
American
Eugenics
through
Holocaust
memory.
Revise
and
resubmit
with
Ethnographica,
Journal
on
Culture
and
Disability.
Invited
Lectures
PIG
IRON
SCHOOL
FOR
ADVANCED
PERFORMANCE
TRAINING,
Philadelphia,
PA
“Investigating
Authority
in
the
Arts”
Spring
2012/14
This
workshop
gives
artists
the
conceptual
tools
to
recognize
and
discuss
the
negotiation
of
authority
in
everyday
life
and
collaborative
art
making
INSTITUTE
ON
DISABILITIES,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
Philadelphia,
PA
“The
‘Horrific’
True
Story:
Disability
Institutions
in
Local
News”
Spring
2012
TYLER
GALLERY,
TYLER
SCHOOL
OF
ART,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
Philadelphia,
PA
“Haunted
Histories,
Hallowed
Ground”
Fall
2011
A
public
discussion
and
curated
display
on
the
use
of
historic
asylums
and
prisons
as
haunted
attractions
SCHOOL
OF
MEDIA
AND
COMMUNICATION,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY,
Philadelphia,
PA
Media
&
Cultural
Difference
(BTMM
3471)
Fall
2012/13
“Developing
Disability
Consciousness:
Disability
and
Difference
in
Film”
“Disability
Masquerades:
Ironsides
and
the
‘Surprising
Guinness
Commercial’”
Journalism
&
Society
(JOUR
1111)
Spring
2010
“Advertising
and
Culture:
Selling
Sameness,
Selling
Difference”
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.
PUBLICATIONS
AND
PRESENTATIONS
(continued)
Conference
Presentations
George,
K.C.
(2012,
December).
Memory,
Media,
and
Meaning:
Interpreting
Pennsylvania's
Intellectual
Disability
Movement
through
Oral
History,
Public
Memory,
and
Public
Performance.
Panel
presentation
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
Association
of
University
Centers
on
Disabilities,
Washington,
D.C.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
November).
Zombies
have
motor
skill
problems,
too,
and
Other
backdrops
for
disability
history.
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
Mid‐Atlantic
Popular
American
Culture
Association,
Philadelphia,
PA.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
May).
Self‐help
as
women’s
popular
culture
in
suburban
New
Jersey:
An
ethnographic
perspective.
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
International
Communication
Association,
Feminist
Scholarship
Division,
Boston,
MA.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
April).
Not
quite
Nazis:
American
eugenics,
the
Holocaust
and
Deadly
Medicine.
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
National
Popular
Culture/American
Culture
Association,
Medical
Humanities:
Health
and
Disease
in
Culture
Section,
San
Antonio,
TX.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
April).
Vernacular
or
vulgar?:
Disability
and
haunted
history
at
the
“Pennhurst
Asylum.”
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
Middle
Atlantic
American
Studies
Association,
Harrisburg,
PA.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
March).
Memory
in
medias
res:
News
media
and
emerging
public
memory.
Paper
presented
at
the
Joint
Journalism
Historians
Conference,
New
York
University.
George,
K.C.
(2011,
February).
Self‐help
in
The
New
York
Times,
1983‐2008:
A
feminist
perspective.
Paper
presented
at
the
Western
States
Communication
Conference,
Organization
for
Research
on
Women
and
Communication,
Monterey,
CA.
George,
K.C.
(2009,
November).
Media
accessibility
as
innovation.
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
National
Communication
Association,
Applied
Communication
Division,
Chicago,
IL.
George,
K.C.
(2008,
August).
Degrees
from
normal:
Social
representations
of
Down
syndrome
in
American
culture.
Paper
presented
at
the
annual
conference
of
the
Society
for
the
Study
of
Social
Problems,
Boston,
MA.
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.
UNIVERSITY
ADMINISTRATION
AND
OTHER
EMPLOYMENT
University
Administration
INSTITUTE
ON
DISABILITIES,
COLLEGE
OF
EDUCATION,
TEMPLE
UNIVESRITY
Director
of
Academic
Programs
August
2012‐Present
As
the
Director
of
Academic
Programs,
my
duties
include
developing
campus‐wide
programming
to
promote
the
field
of
disability
studies;
collaborating
closely
with
faculty
on
student
recruitment
and
marketing;
supervising
the
Graduate
Assistantship
program;
chairing
the
Interdisciplinary
Faculty
Council
on
Disability;
and
fostering
collaboration
among
area
Universities
to
grow
the
field
of
disability
studies.
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
AND
SOCIETY
RESEARCH
GROUP,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY
Social
Media
Curriculum
Coordinator
Summer
2009
As
the
Curriculum
Coordinator,
my
duties
included
supervising
15
work‐study
students;
training
students
in
basic
audio
recording
and
editing;
implementing
a
program‐wide
social
media
project,
including
blogs
and
podcasts.
Professional
Experience
in
the
Arts
and
Public
Humanities
PERKINS
BRAILLE
&
TALKING
BOOK
LIBRARY,
PERKINS
SCHOOL
FOR
THE
BLIND,
Watertown,
MA
Communication
Consultant,
Audience
Research
&
Marketing
Fall
2007
–
Fall
2008
VSA
ARTS
OF
PENNSYLVANIA,
an
affiliate
of
the
John
F.
Kennedy
Center
for
the
Performing
Arts,
Philadelphia,
PA
Project
Manager,
Strategic
Planning
Research
Spring
2006
–
Fall
2006
CREATIVE
MEDIA
DESIGN,
voice
overs
and
voice
over
talent,
New
York,
NY
Voice
Over
Artist
2001
–
2003
CHRISTOPHER
ASHLEY,
Broadway
theater
director,
New
York,
NY
Literary
Assistant
2001
–
2003
CAPE
COD
THEATRE
PROJECT,
developing
new
American
plays,
New
York,
NY
Literary
Assistant
2002
–
2003
CHAMBER
THEATRE
PRODUCTIONS,
an
educational
theater
company,
National
Tour
Performer
Fall
2000
SOHO
REP,
producing
innovative
contemporary
theater,
New
York,
NY
Associate
Producer
Summer
2000
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.
SERVICE
AND
REFERENCES
Professional
Service
BERMAN
MUSEUM
OF
ART,
URSINUS
COLLEGE
Accessibility
Advisory
Group
Spring
2013‐present
INTERDISCIPLINARY
FACULTY
COUNCIL
ON
DISABILITY,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY
Chair
Fall
2012‐present
THE
GREATER
PHILADELPHIA
WOMEN’S
STUDIES
CONSORTIUM
Subcommittee
on
Disability,
Gender,
and
the
Arts,
a
multi‐campus
symposium
2010‐2012
SCHOOL
OF
COMMUNICATIONS
AND
THEATER
FACULTY
COUNCIL,
TEMPLE
UNIVERSITY
Faculty
Awards
Nominating
Committee
2010
NATIONAL
COMMUNICATION
ASSOCIATION
Mass
Communication
Division
Reviewer
2009
Student
Section
Reviewer
2008
*References
available
upon
request.
Kelly C. George, Ph.D.