Kelsey Brannan's CV

Over & Out (2011), a short romantic comedy about the way digital technology is transforming our everyday realationships.

Film Festival Premieres:

• Santa Barbaara International Film Festival (SBIFF) Jan. 2012
• Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) March 2012
• Outrageous Film Festival, Santa Barbara October 2011

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Conferences

Scholarships & Grants

CSAA 2011: Cultural ReOrientations and Comparative Colonialities, Nov. 22-24, 2011

Adelaide, Australia. Presented paper, “Mediating Aboriginality: The Politics and Symbols of Australian Reconciliation.”

Mapping Place,

Feb. 25-26, 2011,

Santa Barbara, CA. Lightning talk on my digital mapping project, Geolocating Aboriginal

Reconciliation.

Dry-Immersion Desert Symposium,

Oct. 22-25, 2009, J

oshua Tree, CA. Participated in a scholarly tour of the 29 Palms Marine Base and organized a screening of desert films in Joshua Tree

Georgetown Graduate School Conference Grant. $500, (Fall 2011).

Communication, Culture and Technology Conference Grant, $600 (Fall 2011).

CNDLS (Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship) Georgetown University Fellowship, $14,000, (Fall 2011- Spring 2012).

UCIRA (University of California for Research in the Arts) Grant for Art Exhibition, Sounding Out, $800 (Spring 2011).

URCA (Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities) Grant, Over & Out film project, $500 (Fall 2010)

And one more thing...

You can follow my academic insights at my blog: https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/kmb256

Education

Film &Media Projects

To look at more of my media

projects visit my website:

www.KelseyBrannan.com

Aug. 2011- May 2013 Georgetown University, Washington, DC. US

M.A. Culture, Communication, & Technology

(Expected May 2013)

Sept. 2007 - June 2011 University of California, Santa Barbara

B.A. Film and Media Studies (June 2011)

Cumulative GPA 3.88, Deans Honors

Sept. 2003 - June 2007 San Rafael High School (June 2007)

Media Academy Program

Academic Distinctions

HASTAC Scholar, Georgetown University, Communication, Culture, & Technology

Fall 2011- Spring 2012

Distinction in the Field of Critical Studies, Given to the student exhibiting promise in the field of critical studies. UCSB Film and Media Studies,

Certificate Recognition @ UCSB’s Graduation Ceremony, (Spring 2011).

Senior Honor Thesis (Distinction in the Major), Given to student completing a two-quarter 40-page research project, Certificate Recognition at UCSB Graduation Ceremony, (Spring 2011).

Golden Key Scholarship Member (Fall 2009 to Present).

Dean’s Honors (Winter 2008, Spring 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Winter 2011, and Spring 2011)

Study Abroad

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Brannan

Writing Awards

Feb. 2010 - July 2010 La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

Semester Abroad, Studies Media studies & Art History

(GPA 4.10)

Aug. 2008 - Sept. 2008 Cambridge University, Cambrdige England

Summer Abroad. Studied and practiced.

British documentary filmmaking. (GPA 4.0)

kmb25 [a] georgetown.edu

www.kelseybrannan.com

June. 2011 $1000 Prize

Alexander Sesonski Prize for Best Scholarly Essay in Film Crticism, "Indian Nuts! Reimagining American Indian Musical Numbers, 1934-1950 @ UCSB. $1000

March 2010 $500 Prize

EAP Undergraduate Research Essay Award "Shifting Sands, Shifting Identities: Contemporary Australian Environmental Art," $500

Sept 2009 $500 Prize

GulliverGo Study Abroad Essay Contest Winner

Work Experience

Aug. 2011- Present

Digiital Commons Graduate Associate @ the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS)

Aug. 2011- Nov. 2011

Audio Vidual/Tech Coordinator for the CCT Events Team.

Jan. 2008 - June 2011

Assistant Manaager of the UC Santa Barbara Digital Editing Lab.

Feb. 2011 - June 2011

Copy Editor for Focus Media Journal

July. 2007 - Nov. 2010

Apple Specialist @ Apple Store, worked Seasonally

Sept. 2007 - Dec. 2007

Film Usher @ UCSB Art and Lectures

Internships

Volunteer Experience

Summer 2009

Nielsen Media and The Hollywood Reporter, Los Angeles, CA

Summer 2009

Editor & Research Liason @ The Baum Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.

Jan. 2008 - May 2008

Event Planner and Assistant Visual Design @ The Carsey-Wolf Center for Film, Television, and New Media

Aug. 2011- Presemt

Wikipedia Campus Ambassador @ Georgetown University. Washington, DC.

March - April 2010

Usher and Bartender @ Melbourne Queer Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia.

April 23-26, 2008

Information Desk @ Console-ing Passions Conference on Television, Audio, Video, New Media, and Feminism.

Summer 2008

House builder @ Amor Ministries, Tijuana, Mexico.