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About

Stephanie Kelley-Romano earned her undergraduate and MA degrees at Emerson College in Boston.听 Her Ph.D. in Communication Studies was earned at The University of Kansas.听 Her research and teaching interests include gender and media, myth and narrative, conspiracy, political rhetoric, and substance (mis)use disorder/addiction.听 Kelley-Romano received the Kroepsch Teaching Award for excellence in teaching in 2019.听 Her scholarship has appeared in The Journal of Hate Studies, Communication Quarterly, Journalism Studies, and The Journal of UFO Studies among others.听 She is often sought after for podcasts on political or paranormal topics, and her public scholarship has appeared in Newsweek.com and The Conversation.听 In 2020 Kelley-Romano was part of the Mellon cohort of Periclean Faculty Leaders where she further systematized community engaged learning and partnerships into her teaching and research.听 Recently, she has lectured about conspiracy theories to political groups, medical professionals, and the wider community.

Education

• Ph.D. – Communication Studies, May 1999, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
• Dissertation: The Myth of Communion: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Narratives of Alien Abductees
• M.A. – Political Communication, 1994, Emerson College, Boston, MA
• Areas of Emphasis: Rhetorical Theory and Practice; Political Communication
• B.S. – Communication Studies, 1993, Emerson College, Boston, MA
• Graduated with honors: Cum Laude

Publications

Academic Publications

• Kelley-Romano: S. (2024). 鈥淎 Man 鈥榰njustly accused鈥� by a 鈥榮eemingly credible鈥� Woman: Conspiracy, Confirmations and Fox News Coverage.鈥� Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation Collection. Routledge Open Research.
• Bradfield Douglass, Amy and Stephanie Kelley-Romano.听 鈥淢emory Distortion in a Social Judgment Paradigm: People who Report Contact with Aliens are More Susceptible.鈥澨� to be submitted: The Reliability of UFO Witnesses Ed by Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos. Anticipated publication January 2023.
• Joseph, Lori J. and Kelley-Romano, S. (2022).听 鈥淲omen of 鈥楧ignity and Grace鈥�: Politics of Respectability in Alcoholics Anonymous.鈥� in Mental Health Rhetoric Research: Toward Strategic Interventions. Routledge. Ed. by Catherine Molloy.
• Greer, Meredith L. & Kelley-Romano, S. (2019). 鈥�.鈥� Journal of Humanistic Mathematics
• Kelley-Romano, S. & *Carew, K. L. (2019). 听[Special Issue ““]. Journal of Hate Studies Volume 14 Issue 1, pp.33-52.
• Kelley-Romano, S. (2016). 鈥溾�� Technoculture: An Online Journal of Technology in Society Volume 6.
• Kelley-Romano, S. (2008). 鈥淭rust No One: The Conspiracy Genre on American Television.鈥� Southern Communication Journal 73, 2, p.105-121.
• Kelley-Romano, S. & *Westgate, V. (2007).听 鈥淏laming Bush: An Analysis of Political Cartoons Following Hurricane Katrina.鈥� Journalism Studies, Vol. 8 Issue 5, p755-773.
• Kelley-Romano, S.听 (2007).听 鈥�.鈥澨� (Chapter 9) Siths, Slayers, Stargates, and Cyborgs: Modern Mythology in the New Millenium. Edited by David Whitt and John Perlich.听 Published by Peter Lang.
• Kelley-Romano, S. & *Westgate, V.听 (2006).听 鈥� Drawing Disaster: The Crisis Cartoons of Hurricane Katrina.鈥澨� Texas Speech Communication Journal.听 Volume 31 Issue 1.
• Kelley-Romano, S.听 (2006).听 鈥溾�橳he Modern Mythmaking of Alien Abductions.鈥澨� Communication Quarterly.听 Vol. 54 Issue 3, p383-406.
• Kelley-Romano, S.听 (2006).听 鈥淎 Report on the Demographics of Alien Abductees/Experiencers.鈥澨� Journal of UFO Studies.听 Volume 9. * = 乐播传媒 Student

Public Scholarship

• Great Falls Forum (February 2022)
• April 2021. . Presentation at Grand Rounds for CMMC Pediatrics Department
• Rocque, M. & Kelley-Romano, S. (February 19, 2021) The Conversation.
• Kelley-Romano, S. (August 1, 2019) Newsweek

Interviews and Media Appearances

• June 2025. 听Chronicle of Higher Education, Interviewed about Conspiracy Rhetoric course.听
• December 2024. Vox Media.
• July 2024. “Maine political scholars see no precedent for divisive, unpredictable presidential race”听Portland Press Herald.
• May 2022. “.鈥� Grid news.
• February 2021. “” Lewiston Sun Journal. Comments on vulgarity in politics.
• July 2020. 鈥溾�� Portland Press Herald. Quoted re: Maine Calling appearance.
• June 2020. Topic: Guest: Maine Calling with Dr. Nirav Shah, director, Maine Center for Disease Control.
• May 2020. Topic: Take Hold in Society?听Guest: Maine Calling with *Dr. Ryan Neville-Shepard and *Tim Kaplowitz
• October 2019.
• October 2018. 鈥濃�欌�� 听Lewiston Sun Journal.
• November 2017. 鈥溾�澨�Associated Press/ US News and World Report.
• October 2017. 鈥�鈥� Documentary by Brock, Bill
• June 2017. 鈥溾�� Wired.com by Dreyfuss, Emily
• June 2017. “The Psychology of a Conspiracy Believer鈥� ESV Times by Blair, Scott
• November 2016 鈥�Slideshow: Presidential Politics vs (not real) Smallpox Crisis Hour by Hour.鈥澨� 乐播传媒 Web Page by Jay Burns
• October 2016. “” Portland Press Herald.
• June 2016. 鈥溾�� Inverse.com by Sloat, Sarah
• November 25, 2015. 鈥�.鈥� Tatahlequah Daily Press by Glenn, Eddie
• January 2015. 鈥溙�Skeptical Inquirer Volume 39.1 by Bost, Preston R.

Courses Taught

• What is Rhetoric?
• Rhetorical Criticism
• Television Criticism
• The Rhetoric of Women’s Rights
• The Rhetoric of Alien Abduction
• Presidential Campaign Rhetoric
• Conspiracy Rhetoric