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Michael
Kelley
Distinguished
Service Professor
mkelley@gmu.edu
703.993.3100
703.993.3115 fax
George Mason Instructional Foundation,
Inc.
MS 1D2
Fairfax, Virginia, 22030-4444
Education
Ph.D. Medieval English Literature and
Linguistics, Catholic University of America
M.F.A. Speech and Drama, Catholic University
of America
Biography
Michael R. Kelley has a Ph.D. in Medieval
English Literature with a minor in
Linguistics. He holds the rank of Distinguished
Service Professor at George Mason University.
Kelley began teaching at George Mason
College in 1970. In 1981, he founded
The Capitol Connection, George Mason's
business and educational wireless cable
television service. He served on the
Board of The Corporation for Public
Broadcasting from 1979-1983 and was
chair of its Audit Committee. He has owned 2 commercial radio stations
in Virginia and is currently the licensee
of a microwave television station in
the metro Washington area and President
of The George Mason University Instructional
Foundation. He is also C.E.O. and founder
of F Corporation, which operates a
commercial satellite uplink on the
GMU campus. Kelley is a founding director
of The Wireless Communications Association,
where he serves on its Government Relations
Committee. He is a voting member of
The National Academy of Recording Arts
and Sciences, The Modern Language Association,
and The Medieval Academy of America.
Kelley is the author of two books – one on medieval drama
and one on television – and numerous scholarly articles.
In the second half of 2006 and again in May 2007, Kelley appeared
on Internet and broadcast radio discussing FCC spectrum policy
and the future of WiMAX wireless broadband. In December of 2006,
he was the featured guest on C-SPAN’s weekly “Communicator” program.
The series features half hour interviews
with the people who shape our digital future.
Areas
of Expertise
• Telecommunications Policy
• Spectrum Allocation Issues
• 3rd and 4th Generation Mobile Data Services
• The Digital Divide
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