Dr. Kathryn Fuller Seeley

Biography

Kathy Fuller-Seeley is a Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin. Her research specializes in American film and radio television history, with a specific focus on audience reception studies. Since joining UT in 2013, she has taught at Georgia State University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Fuller-Seeley received her BA in History from Agnes Scott College in 1982 and both her MA and PhD in American History from Johns Hopkins University in 1993. Her prominent works include the book 'Jack Benny: Golden Age American Radio Comedy' published in 2017, which examines the career of entertainer Jack Benny in the context of the rapidly changing media industry and cultural norms during the 1930s to the early 1950s. She has received a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to support her scholarly projects. Additionally, recent contributions include collaborative works like 'Children and Movies: Media Influence and the Payne Fund Controversy' and editing 'Hollywood Neighborhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing'. Fuller-Seeley also engages in media history through documentary consulting and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses covering historical film media, media gender studies, and media reception studies.

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