Michael R. Kelley
Distinguished Service Professor
Executive Director of Capitol Connection

mkelley@gmu.edu
703-993-3100
703-993-3115 fax
George Mason Instructional Foundation, Inc.
MS 1D2
Fairfax, Virginia, 22030

Education
Ph.D. English Literature & Linguistics, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

M.F.A. Speech and Drama, Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.

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 Research

• Telecommunications Policy
• Policies for Managing Scarce Radio Frequency Spectrum
• Government Organizations and their Approach to Managing a Variety of Public Assets (oil, gas, fishing, hunting, etc.)
• Broadband Access Policies Here and Abroad
• The Impact of Broadband Access on Economic Development Here and in Developing Countries
• Digital Rights Management Policies