Curriculum vitae
Kelly E. McClinton
DPhil Candidate, Merton College, University of Oxford (joint doctorate with Indiana University). Visiting Scholar in Classical Archaeology, Departments of Classics and Anthropology, University of Chicago; Leadership Intern, Department of Collections and Loans, The Art Institute of Chicago.
Research interests: historical anthropology; anthropology of documents and archives; anthropology of science and technology; archaeology and material culture; heritage and museums; contested heritage; anthropology of Christianity. Regions: Italy and the Mediterranean; Britain; the United States.
A full CV in PDF is available on request: kmcclinton@uchicago.edu.
Education
- Joint doctorate in computational humanitiesSupported by the US National Science Foundation Research Traineeship, Interdisciplinary Training in Complex Networks and Systems. Two separate theses, conferred together.
- DPhil, Classical Archaeology (Early Christian Archaeology), University of Oxford, Merton CollegeThesis: "Excavating the Archives: Reconsidering the Archaeological Histories of Three Early Christian Basilicas in Rome". Supervisor: Professor Ine Jacobs.
- PhD, Informatics (Complex Systems), Indiana University BloomingtonThesis: "Computational Modelling Roman Domestic Space". Supervisor: Professor Bernard Frischer.
- Graduate coursework in Anthropology, The University of ChicagoThe Archaeology of Colonialism (Professor Michael Dietler)
- MS, Informatics; MA, Art History, Indiana University BloomingtonThesis: "Computationally Modelling the House of Marcus Lucretius". Summa cum laude.
- BA, Ancient History and Classical Civilisation, The University of Texas at AustinMagna cum laude.
Appointments and fellowships
- Visiting Scholar in Classical Archaeology, Departments of Classics and Anthropology, The University of Chicago
- Leadership Intern, Department of Collections and Loans, The Art Institute of Chicago
- Visiting affiliations, Cambridge Digital Humanities and Sidney Sussex College, University of CambridgeMentors: Professor Orietta Da Rold and Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
- Adviser, Flyover Zone Productions
- Research Associate, TORCH-funded project on smartphone 3D scanning, University of Oxford
- Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Classical Studies and Digital Humanities Research Hub, School of Advanced Study, University of London
- Interim Lab Director, then Interim Lab Manager, Virtual World Heritage Lab, Indiana University
- Research Associate, Complex Adaptive Systems and Computational Intelligence Lab, Indiana University (National Science Foundation)
Research projects
- ArchAI · Principal Investigator and lead developer
- POESIS · Project lead
- DOMUS · Project lead
- The Resting Satyr in Context · Project lead
Awards and research funding
- P.E.O. International ELF Award; Shohet Scholars Program; research support from the Virtual World Heritage Lab, Digital Capabilities (Oxford) and Flyover Zone Productions
- Bard Graduate Center, Fields of the Future Fellowship
- Rob Kling Award for Research in Informatics; Merton College Grant-in-Aid of Fieldwork
- International Enhancement Award, IU Office of the Vice President for International Affairs; Edward A. Schrader Endowment Fund Award for Outstanding Fieldwork in Classical Archaeology; Informatics Department Inter-Track Collaboration Award
- US National Science Foundation Research Traineeship, Doctoral Research and Training Fellowship
Memberships
Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute; Fellow, Royal Historical Society; member of the British School at Rome, the Archaeological Institute of America and the European Association of Archaeologists.