Biography

Kathryn Fuller-Seeley (Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1993) is Associate Professor whose work specializes in the history of media and audiences. Fuller-Seeley is the author of four books that relate to various aspects of American film history: Hollywood in the Neighborhood: Historical Case Studies in Small Town Moviegoing  (California late 2007, edited), Celebrate Richmond Theatre (Dietz 2001), At the Picture Show: Small Town Audiences and the Creation of Movie Fan Culture (Virginia 2001; Smithsonian 1997), and Children and the Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy (Cambridge 1996, with G. Jowett and I. Jarvie). She is completing work on a book project about early film exhibition in Cooperstown, New York, and researching the Jack Benny radio and television program. Her work has appeared in the Journal of Popular Film and Television, Film History: An International Journal, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, and Film and History, and she has authored nine book chapters relating to media history topics. Fuller-Seeley has been the recipient of fellowships from the NEH and the Smithsonian Institute. In 2000 she received a Young Alumnae award from Agnes Scott College. She recently served as Project Scholar for a TV documentary about Mary Pickford which aired on PBS in 2005. Research Areas: Media history; audiences and media reception. Degree Track Affiliations: Ph.D. (Moving Image Studies), M.A. (Film & Video). Core Graduate Seminars Regularly Taught: Media Historiography; Media Reception; Communication Pedagogy; Film History.