Kelly E. McClintonHistorical anthropology · archives · contested heritage · anthropology of technology

Other work

Beyond the research

On this page: Service · Church and InterVarsity · Volunteering · Consulting

Service

  • Admissions interviewer, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Oxford
  • Tutorial Training Programme, Faculty of Classics, Oxford: advising new tutors on tutorial teaching and essay marking
  • Junior Dean for welfare and study skills, SCIO/Wycliffe Hall, Oxford: living alongside visiting undergraduates, one-to-one pastoral support and signposting, and a series of academic-skills tutorials designed with the Academic Director and Senior Tutor
  • Graduate Mentor, Merton College, and Chapel Officer and Charities Officer on the Merton MCR committee
  • Undergraduate research adviser and interim lab director, Virtual World Heritage Lab, Indiana University, supervising undergraduate researchers
  • Co-President, Interest Group for Digital Archaeology, Archaeological Institute of America
  • Organising member and reviewer, Special Interest Group for Spatial Analysis, Computer Applications in Archaeology
  • Editor, Studies in Digital Heritage, Indiana University
  • Seminar organiser: Ancient Architecture Research Discussion Group, Roman Discussion Research Forum and Oxford Byzantine Graduate Research Seminar (Oxford); Digital Archaeology Seminar, Institute of Classical Studies, London

Church and InterVarsity

I am a member of Christ Church in Hyde Park, a few blocks from campus, where Tuesday morning prayer has become the fixed point the rest of my week hangs off. In Oxford I was part of St Ebbe's Church and sang with the Wycliffe Hall Choir.

I serve as integration officer with InterVarsity's Graduate Christian Fellowship at the University of Chicago. The role is what it sounds like: helping graduate students bring what they believe and what they study into one conversation, rather than keeping them in two compartments.

At the centre of the work is Inklings, a writing group named after the circle Lewis and Tolkien ran on much the same principle. Graduate students bring a stuck chapter or a paper they are not yet ready to show an advisor; we take the ideas seriously enough to push hard on them, and then help put them back together. Meetings open with a short discussion of a writing topic the group chooses, such as habits, structure or style, sometimes with a visiting speaker, and then break into small teams to exchange drafts and set goals for the week. In the summer the group turns to creative writing; in term it returns to academic work.

I also help to plan the Fellowship's wider programme, including its Food for Thought evenings and events for Developing a Christian Mind.

Volunteering

  • St Ebbe's Church, Oxford: hospitality team for the Christianity Explored and Hope Explored courses, and leading one-to-one Bible studies
  • Redeemer Bloomington, Indiana: hospitality team
  • Sojourn Houston and City Life Church, Texas: hospitality team
  • Samaritans listening programme, and peer-support training with Oxford's Centre for Welfare and Student Support

Consulting

I advise on digital heritage, 3D documentation and the evaluation of digital tools in museums, heritage sites and education.

  • ChicagoHarris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago: historical consultant to a research team estimating church attendance in American cities between 1860 and 1890. I wrote a briefing on what the federal censuses and denominational returns of the period can and cannot tell us, and a proposal for a spatial data layer that estimates each congregation's capacity from the churches that still stand.
  • OxfordshireOxfordshire County Council: consultant on Exploring how Augmented Reality can support nature connection in young people. I designed the survey and interviews, led recruitment and developed the augmented-reality application; the findings were published by Natural England as Nature-based Education in the 21st Century: A Potential Role for Augmented Reality? (JP051).
  • Virtual heritageFlyover Zone Productions: adviser on archaeological reconstruction and the virtual tours the company builds of ancient sites.
  • PhotogrammetryNigerian Heritage Railway Project: adviser on photogrammetry and digital recording methods.
  • MuseumsEskenazi Museum of Art and Kelsey Museum of Archaeology: augmented-reality exhibit design and evaluation for The Resting Satyr in Context, and 3D digitisation of the Eskenazi's Roman portraits.

I am available for projects on digital documentation of sites and collections, augmented and virtual reality for museums and education, and the evaluation of AI tools for archives and collections. Get in touch.