Dr Emma Jean Kelly

Curriculum VitaeAddress: 6 John St, Titahi Bay, Porirua 5022

021 189 6550, mjeankelly@gmail.com

Academic QualificationsDoctor of Philosophy 2015 Auckland University of Technology, Communications School

Thesis entitled A critical examination of film archiving and curatorial practices in Aotearoa New Zealand through the life and work of Jonathan Dennis. Supervisors Dr Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Dr Sue Abel (University of Auckland)

Te Reo Māori, levels 1 – 3, Auckland University of Technology (2004/2005)

Master of Arts, Film TV and Media Studies, University of Auckland 2003. Thesis entitled Location, Identity and Dance; Music, Detroit and Auckland Techno

Bachelor of Arts, University of Auckland, 1997

Positions HeldResearch Assistant, Media Studies, Victoria University with Dr Jo Smith, supporting Marsden funding study of Māori Television service June – end of July 2015.

Tutor, Management and Organisation Stage One (Faculty of Business and Law, Auckland University of Technology) Semester One 2015

Research Assistant, Social Sciences and Public Policy (Faculty of Culture and Hospitality, Auckland University of Technology) September 2014- March 2015. Project Gender and Work with Professors Judy McGregor, Judith Pringle, Associate Professors Lynne Giddings and Sharyn Graham-Davies

Research Grants and Contracts Specialist, Research Office, Auckland University of Technology, May 2010 – September 2014

International Fund Specialist, Research Office, University of Auckland, 2008-2010

Present Research specialityPhilosophy of the archive, New Zealand and General Film Studies, Television Studies, New Zealand History, Gender Studies, Queer Theory, Biculturalism, Oral History

Professional distinctions, memberships, awardsAwards2015 Faculty of Design and Creative Technology, AUT, conference award

2013 AUT New Zealand Creative Writing Competition Short Story, National, Highly Commended

2013 Jonathan Dennis Memorial Fund Travel Grant

2011 Ministry of Culture and Heritage Oral History Award

2011 Internship Award National Film and Sound Australia Archive

2010 Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Archive Award

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2010 Auckland University of Technology General Staff Award for conference

MembershipTertiary Education Union Industrial and Professional Committee (National) 2015-2017

Tertiary Education Union Te Tiriti Partnership Committee (National) 2015-2017

Tertiary Education Union Women’s Committee (National) 2013-2015

Gender & Diversity Research Group Auckland University of Technology

National Oral History Association of New Zealand member

Research PublicationsThe Adventures of Jonathan Dennis: Bicultural Film Archiving in Aotearoa New Zealand. Book to be published through John Libbey Press, UK, distributed by Indiana University Press. ISBN 97890 86196 722 3

The Adventures of Jonathan Dennis, founding director of the New Zealand Film Archive, International Federation of Film Archives, Journal of Film Preservation, April 2014 Issue 90 pp. 37-41

Growing Up With Girl Power: girlhood on screen and in everyday life, Review, Media International Australia, May 2013 No.147 p.167

Unbound by Tradition and Silence, Professor Welby Ings, The New Zealand Listener, January 2013 pp.42,43

http://www.listener.co.nz/entertainment/film/interview-welby-ings/

24 Frames: the greatest love story ever told, OnFilm Magazine, Dec/January 2012

http://www.onfilm.co.nz/2012/01/19/24-frames-the-greatest-love-story-ever-told/

Sometimes I Hate Them, Expanding Documentary Conference Proceedings 2011 (with Eileen Lavranos)

http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/communications/profile/research/expanding-documentary/conference-proceedings

I Am The River, OnFilm Magazine May 2011

http://issuu.com/mediawebnz/docs/_emag_onf0511

National Film and Sound Archive Australia research blog August 2011

http://www.nfsa.gov.au/blog/2011/07/26/adventures-jonathan-dennis/

Radio New Zealand broadcast and podcast interview with Noelle McCarthy on Jonathan Dennis January 2010

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/summernoelle/20100104

Conference PresentationsCultural Studies Association of Australasia Conference 2014, Queer Biography of the Nation, Dec 2-5th University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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National Oral History Association of New Zealand Regional Symposium, May 2014. Plenary Session, Invited speaker, Community Perspectives on Oral History.

Film and History Association of Australasia Biannual Conference 2012, The Adventures of Jonathan Dennis, Melbourne.

Expanding Documentary Conference 2011, Sometimes I Hate Them (with Eileen Lavranos), Auckland.

Communications School, Auckland University of Technology Research Presentation, 2011. The Sounds Will Speak For Themselves.

Radio New Zealand Staff Presentation, 2011, The Sounds Will Speak For Themselves.

International Radio Association Conference, 2011, Ocean of Time.

International Auto-Biographical Association Conference, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom 2011, Intimate Publics.

Academic ExperienceTutoring, 2015 Management & Organisation, Faculty of Business and Law, AUT

Research Assistant, 2014-2015 Social Sciences and Public Policy, Faculty of Culture and Hospitality, AUT

Guest Lecturer, 2013 Creative Industries and Film, Third year paper for Bachelor of Communications, AUT.

Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant (volunteer), 2012 Communications School, Auckland University of Technology

Academic TrainingNVIVO basic and advanced training and experience using software in Research Assistant capacity 2014/2015

Teaching Assistants Training, 2014 (four days), AUT

Qualitative Methodological Masterclass (five days), 2013 AUT

Community InvolvementTertiary Education Union various committees (national, 2013 – present)

Supporting Families in Mental Illness, Board Member, 2012/2013

Women on Campus Secretary AUT 2012

Tertiary Education Union AUT Branch Officer 2011-2013

Postgraduate Committee AUT Student Representative 2011

LIFE Self Management Programme (Stanford University) Trained volunteer facilitator, ProCare Health Limited Auckland 2011

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