Samuel L Kelley | |
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Born | Tennessee, U.S. | June 23, 1948
Occupation | Playwright and Professor |
Education | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville (BA, MA) Yale University (MFA) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (PhD) |
Period | 1970–present |
Samuel Lawrence Kelley is an American playwright and Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Communication Studies and Africana Studies, State University of New York College at Cortland.[1] He has also organized the SUNY Cortland Gospel Music Festival since 1985.[2]
Kelley earned a B.A. in speech and drama from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff; M.A. in speech from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville; and the MFA in play-writing from the Yale School of Drama.[3] He also holds a Ph.D. in speech, with a concentration in radio-TV-film, from the University of Michigan.