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Wyn Kelley is a Senior Lecturer Emerita who retired in spring 2025 after serving the Literature Section at MIT since 1985. She taught courses with a focus on transatlantic literature, exploring fluid intersections of race, gender, and class, as well as the impacts of new media within social, historical, and political contexts. Kelley is the author of "Melville’s City: Literary Urban Form Nineteenth-Century New York" and "Herman Melville: Introduction," and has co-authored works such as "Reading Participatory Culture: Re-Mixing Moby-Dick in the English Classroom." As an Associate Editor for the Melville Society journal "Leviathan" and Associate Director of the MEL (Melville Electronic Library), she plays a significant role in Melville scholarship. Her research interests include urban studies, digital editing, and manuscript studies with particular emphasis on Herman Melville's works. Kelley has participated in various teaching and research initiatives, receiving accolades such as the NEH-American Antiquarian Society Fellowship for her research on the Afro-Brazilian hero Zumbi and his representation in literature. Throughout her academic career, she has engaged in extensive programming related to maritime culture in New England via the Melville Society Cultural Project.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Taught various literature courses focusing on transatlantic literature and its intersections with race, gender, and class.