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Gary Kelly is a Professor in the English & Film Studies Department at the University of Alberta. His career, spanning since 1976, focuses on eighteenth-century British literature, women's writing, popular print culture, and digital humanities. He has received numerous accolades, including the Canada Research Chair and multiple SSHRC grants.
- DPhil in English, University of Oxford
- BA in English, University of Oxford
- BA in History, University of Toronto
Kelly's research leverages the University of Alberta Libraries' resources and explores topics like Romantic apocalypse, plebeian modernity, and proletarian literature. He pioneered the Humanities Computing Studio and developed the Streetprint archiving application to democratize scholarship through digital tools.
His teaching philosophy emphasizes student-centered learning, research methods, and undergraduate mentorship. Courses designed by Kelly include global popular print culture, Romantic chronotopes, and British Modernist literature. He was an early adopter of student evaluation of teaching and small-group classroom work.
Kelly's service contributions include chairing the University of Alberta's General Faculties Council's Committee for Improving Teaching and Learning, which reshaped institutional support structures for pedagogical innovation. He also served on SSHRC funding committees and coordinated visiting speaker programs in his department.
- Scientific awards include:
- J. Gordin Kaplan research prize
- McCalla Professorships
- Killam Cornerstone grants
- Distinguished University Professorship
- Continual SSHRC funding since 1990
