{"id":659,"date":"2018-11-16T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/?p=659"},"modified":"2022-07-30T14:06:50","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T18:06:50","slug":"professor-kelley-romano-discusses-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/2018\/11\/16\/professor-kelley-romano-discusses-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Kelley-Romano Discusses Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Stephanie Kelley-Romano who teaches rhetorical theory and criticism, wrote her doctoral dissertation on The Myth of Communion: A Rhetorical Analysis of the Narratives of Alien Abductees, in which she drew from 130 interviews with people who believe they&#8217;ve been abducted by aliens. 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data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181031_Halloween_Kelley_Romano_0185_A-817x900.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181031_Halloween_Kelley_Romano_0185_A-817x900.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Professor Kelley-Romano lecturing on Halloween.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"641\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0237.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0237-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0237-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>A friend peeks out of the doorway of Professor Kelley-Romano's office on the second floor of Pettigrew. <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"640\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0064.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0064-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0064-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>A scene from Professor Kelley-Romano's office.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"639\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0007.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0007-900x600.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2018\/11\/181030_Stephanie_Kelley-Romano_Aliens_0007-900x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n\t\t<div class=\"image_caption\"><p>Professor Kelley-Romano showing one of the pop-up pages in the book modeled off of her doctoral dissertation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"635\" data-fullsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2010\/08\/steph-aliens.jpg\" data-regsrc=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/rhetoric-film-screen-studies\/files\/2010\/08\/steph-aliens-900x600.jpg\" 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