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Kelly M. O'Donnell

  • Visiting Instructor

Education

  • PhD University of Pittsburgh (2023 graduation)
  • M.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • B.A. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Areas of Interest

Masculinity, the Manosphere, communication and media, Korean masculinity, and Women's rights

Conferences

  • Paper Presentation, “The ERA: What Happened to Constituent Power?” Top Paper Panel for the Law and Communication Division of the 2021 National Communication Association Conference, Seattle, WA.
  • Discussion panelist, “Fostering Interpersonal Communication at the Crossroads of Online Learning and a Global Pandemic” panel at the 2020 National Communication Association Conference (Virtual).
  • Discussion panelist, “The K-Pop Army and Black Lives Matter.” Black Lives Matter Protests: Examining Strategies and Tactics of Activists and Allies panel at the 2020 New York State Communication Association Conference (Virtual).
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “Gillette’s ‘We Believe’ Ad: Toxic Masculinity or Fragile Masculinity?” Top Student Papers in Media Communication at the 2020 Eastern Communication Association Conference in Baltimore, MD. (Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.)
  • Discussion Panelist, “Self-Reflection and Ipsative Assessment in Service-Learning Courses.” Innovative Approaches to Service Learning and Assessment panel sponsored by the Media Communication interest group at the 2020 Eastern Communication Association Conference in Baltimore, MD. (Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.)
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan and Agamben: Becoming a Sovereign Agent.” Sponsored by the Mass Communication Division of the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “Hear My Voice: Courage, Acknowledgment, and #ShoutYourAbortion,” for the Communication Ethics panel: Reflections on and Application of Methodological Approaches. Sponsored by the Communication Ethics Division of the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Discussion Panelist, “Combating Tropes of Masculinity in Gillette’s ‘We Believe the Best Men Can Be’ Advertising Campaign,” for Commercializing Advocacy for Marketplace Survival: Critical Reflections on Corporate Television Commercials About Social Issues. Sponsored by the Mass Communication Division of the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Discussion Panelist, “Getting a PhD as a 40-year-old Mother at an R-1 School,” for the Surviving Graduate Programs While Navigating Family Dynamics. Sponsored by the Family Communication Division of the 2019 National Communication Association Conference, Baltimore, MD.
  • Panelist, “Serving Those Least Served: Justice, Race, and Class—A Service-Learning Course.” G.I.F.T.S Division of the 2019 Ohio Communication Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “From the Redstockings to #ShoutYourAbortion: Privileging Women’s Voices in the Abortion Debate.” 2019 iCS Symposium on Social Movement and Parties in a Fractured Media Landscape, Florence, Italy.
  • Panelist, “Intersectionality and the #MeToo campaign,” for the Bringing Social Movements into the Basic Course: Tapping the Teaching Power of #MeToo. G.I.F.T.S. panel sponsored by the Basic Course Division at 2018 National Communication Conference, Salt Lake City.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “Legitimizing Online Misogyny in the Manosphere.” Sponsored by the Kenneth Burke interest group for the 2018 Eastern Communication Association conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “#StandForOurAnthem: A Rhetorical Analysis of the NFL Protest and Denial of Subjectivity. Sponsored by the Media Communication interest group for the 2018 Eastern Communication Association conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
  • Discussion Panelist, “Hush documentary: The Heuristics of Framing Abortion as a Women’s Health Issue.” 2017 Southern States Communication Association Conference, Greenville, SC.
  • Discussion Panel Moderator/Organizer, “Rhetorical Strategies, Implications, and Consequences of the 2016 Unprecedented Presidential Campaign.” 2016 National Communication Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “A Critical Feminist Rhetorical Analysis: The Virgin/Whore Dilemma of Celebrity Feminists.” 2016 Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, "Negotiating My Identity Amid Online Bullying." 8th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference, 2016, English Graduate Student Association, Greensboro, NC
  • Competitive Paper Panelist, “Communication Activism Pedagogy in Higher Education: Community/Intergroup Dialogue as a Prerequisite to Service Learning.” Mary E. Jarrard Outstanding Graduate Paper Prize Finalist, 2015 Carolinas Communication Association Conference, Charleston, SC.

Publications

Incel Mass Murderers: Masculinity, Narrative, and Identity

O’Donnell, K.M. (2021). Incel mass murderers. Incel mass murderers: Masculinity, narrative, and identity. Ohio Communication Journal, 21(1), 64-76.

Celebrities and Conflicting Notions of Modern Feminist Embodiment

O’Donnell, K.M. (2017). Celebrities and conflicting notions of modern feminist embodiment.In J. Raphael & C.       Lam (Eds.), Becoming brands: Celebrity, activism, and politics, (pp. 110-121). Waterhill Publishing.

Communication Activism Pedagogy in Higher Education: Community/intergroup dialogue as a prerequisite to service learning.

O’Donnell, K.M. (2016). Communication activism pedagogy in higher education:                         Community/intergroup dialogue as a prerequisite to service learning. Working Papers in Education, 2(1), 20-33.

One Word Does not a Whole Story Tell: Contested Truth on a Highway Historical Marker.

Jovanovic, S., Sizemore, S., Kout, Y., Musselwhite, J., Southard, J., & O’Donnell, K.M. (2016). One word does not a whole story tell: Contested truth on a highway historical marker. In J. Hannan (Ed.) Truth in the public sphere (pp. 43-62). Lexington Books.

Presentations

October 11, 2019 - 3:00pm: Agora Speaker Series: Graduate Student Pre-Conference Presentations

Courses Taught

  • Argument
  • Public Speaking
  • Introduction to Communication Studies
  • Communication and Society
  • Mass Communication Process
  • Interpersonal Communication

Awards

  • 2021-2022 Member of winning team for the Whittington Innovation and Leadership Challenge for Graduate students
  • 2021 National Communication Association Conference Top Papers in the Law and Communication Division for “The ERA: What Happened to Constituent Power?”
  • 2021 Loren Frankel Award. American Men’s Studies Association Conference (virtual).
  • 2021 POSCO Summer Grant in Korean Studies, University of Pittsburgh.
  • 2021 Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. “Racialized Masculinities in Sexualized Worlds” workshop.
  • 2020 Eastern Communication Association Conference Top Student Paper Award for “Gillette’s ‘We Believe’ Ad: Toxic Masculinity or Fragile Masculinity?” (Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.)
  • 2018 Eastern Communication Association Conference Kenneth Burke Interest Group Top Paper Award for “Legitimizing Online Misogyny in the Manosphere.”
  • John Andrew and Margaret E. Robinson Memorial Fellowship, 2016-2017: University of North Carolina at Greensboro communication studies scholarship for exemplary academic and professional achievement.
  • 2017 Biennial Rhetoric Society of America Summer Institute. The Rhetorical Presidency in the Post-Cold War Era seminar.
  • Mary E. Jarrard Prize Finalist, 2015, “Communication activism pedagogy in higher education: Community/intergroup dialogue as a prerequisite to service learning.” Carolinas Communication Association, Charleston, SC.