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Kelly Houck
University of Texas at Austin
Occupation
Graduate Student (Doctoral)
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ABOUT
Kelly is a Ph.D. student in Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of Texas at Austin. Her current research focuses on the emergence of modern children's media in Pahlavi Iran, 1950s-1970s. She has taught Persian at the intensive elementary and intermediate levels, and has taught the history of the modern Middle East (1798-2011).
Discipline
History
Sub Areas
19th-21st Centuries
Cultural Studies
Iranian Studies
Media
Modern
Persian
Geographic Areas of Interest
Iran
Specialties
History Of Children's Media
Educational Media
Cultural History
Languages
French (fluent)
Arabic (advanced)
Persian (advanced)
English (native)
German (elementary)
Education
MA | 2015 | Center for Middle Eastern Studies | University of Texas at Austin
BA | 2012 | Global Studies | College of William & Mary
Abstracts
Kanun films from 1965 – 1978: Experimenting with Revolutionary Ideas in Pahlavi Iran A Nightmare on Valiasr Street: Persian-Language Diasporic Horror Films and the Cultural Capital of "Iranian" Cinema The Franklin Book Program and the Soft-Psy Tactics behind the Emergence of Children’s Media in Modern Iran Educating the Masses: Domestic and International Efforts at Educating Rural Iran, 1960-1979