James C. McKelly, Associate Professor, received his
PhD from Indiana University in 1990. He specializes in 20th century
American cultural studies, film studies, and modernism, and has published
his latest work in Screen, African American Review,
and Profession. He has offered courses such as "Ways
of Being Wild: the Culture of Rebellion in American Fiction and Film"
and "Harlem and the Modern." He is currently working on
a series of articles theorizing contemporary American cinema.
As part of a creative outreach initiative sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts, Jim is working with filmmakers Bruce Kuerten and John Dijulio to conceive, develop, and produce a documentary television series focused on cultural issues in the New South.
His teaching has received commendations for excellence from several
campus organizations, including the Panhellenic Council, the Omicron
Delta Kappa honorary, and Mortar Board.
Professor of the Year, Honors College (2006)
Inductee, College of Liberal Arts Academy of Teaching and
Outstanding Teachers (Spring 2003)
Faculty Member of the Semester, Cardinal Key Honor Society (Spring
2003)
Nominee, Auburn University Alumni Teaching Prize (2003)
Lambda Sigma Teacher of the Semester (2003)
Faculty Invitee, Athletic Department Tiger Torch Banquet (Annie Malone
- 2003)
Favorite Educator Prize, Mortar Board National Honor Society (2003)
Faculty Invitee, Athletic Department Tiger Torch Banquet (Jeremy Wells
- 2002)
Professor of the Year, Honors College (2001)
Faculty Invitee, Athletic Department Tiger Torch Banquet (Taylor Mosley
- 2001)
Auburn University Panhellenic Council Award for Outstanding Professor,
2000-01
Films
A Promised Land: Rushmore and America (2002). Director and Co-Producer.
Broadcast December 2002, Tennessee Public Television.
Still Life with Lego (2003). Director and Producer. In progress.
Representative Publications
"The Double Truth, Ruth: Do the Right Thing
and the Culture of Ambiguity," African American Review,
32, 2 (1998).
"Raising Cain in a Down Eden: Menace II Society and the Death of Signifyin(g)," Screen, Spring (1998): pp. 36-52.
"Youth Cinema and the Culture of Rebellion: Heathers and the Rebel Archetype," in Pictures of a Generation on Hold, Pomerance and Sakeris, eds. Toronto: Media Studies Working Group (1996): pp. 107-14.
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