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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
Iranian Studies
Cultural Studies
Media
Modern
19th-21st Centuries
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