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Mary Kenny Badami
Birth Name:Mary Roseann Kenny
Birth Date:August 30, 1941
Birth Place:The Bronx, New York, U.S.
Death Date:June 11, 2010 (age 68)
Death Place:Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation:Writer, educator

Mary Kenny Badami (August 30, 1941 – June 11, 2010) was an American educator and writer. She was a communications professor at Bloomsburg University from 1981 to 2006, and is known for her 1976 essay, "A Feminist Critique of Science Fiction".

Early life and education

Kenny was born in the Bronx, the daughter of Francis Gerard Kenny and Ann Frances McElhone Kenny. Her father worked in construction; her maternal grandparents were both born in Ireland. She graduated from Fordham University, and earned a master's degree at Hunter College in 1965.[1] [2] She completed her Ph.D. in communication studies at Northwestern University in 1977, with a dissertation titled "Interpersonal Perceptions and Outcomes of Communication in a Simulation Game of Intercultural Contact".

Career

Badami taught public school as a young woman, and taught English in Münich in the 1960s.[3] She taught at the University of Virginia, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in the 1970s. She was a professor at Bloomsburg University from 1981 to 2006. She became a full professor in 1988,[4] and chaired the university's Communication Studies department for six years. She lectured for community groups and at conferences, on effective communication,[5] women's careers,[6] [7] and gendered vocabulary.[8] At Bloomsburg, she was public in her support for non-traditional-age women students, minority students,[9] and LGBTQ students.

In 1966, Badami was a four-day champion on the Jeopardy! television quiz show.[10] She was a White House Fellows finalist in 1974. She was vice-president of the Science Fiction Research Association.[11] "It helps us predict not the future, but possible futures," she explained of the genre, when she was interviewed about the appeal of Star Wars in 1978.[12]

Publications

Badami's essay "A Feminist Critique of Science Fiction" was and continues to be discussed by feminist scholars of science fiction.[18] [19] [20]

Personal life

Kenny was married to James A. Badami from 1962 to 1974, and had two children, Linda[21] and Scott. In 1994, she was interviewed as an eyewitness to the fatal fire at the Beta Sigma Delta House at Bloomsburg University.[22] In 2001, she spoke to the local press about her experience with LASIK surgery, which she said damaged her vision and health.[23] Badami died in 2010, at the age of 68, at her home in Bloomsburg.

Notes and References

  1. News: Kane . Mary . 1979-02-27 . Language takes beating when rules change . 2024-06-29 . The Oshkosh Northwestern . 11 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Bloomsburg State College, Obiter (1983 yearbook): 42 (feature page, "Badami displays professionalism in communication").
  3. News: 1974-05-01 . UVa Instructor Named White House Finalist . 2024-06-29 . The Daily Progress . 40 . Newspapers.com.
  4. News: 1988-06-11 . Bloom U lists faculty promotions . 2024-06-29 . The Danville News . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1983-03-28 . AAUW learns strategy for survival in business . 2024-06-29 . The Morning Press. Newspapers.com . 6.
  6. News: 1998-03-17 . Women's Conference offers career sessions . 2024-06-29 . The Daily Item . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: Brandon . Holly . 1984-11-01 . Professor sees a 'revolution' . 2024-06-29 . The Danville News . 1, 15 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1982-06-10 . Workshop at area center on sexism in language . 2024-06-29 . The Morning Press . 9 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: Dillon . Michael J. . 1986-09-16 . BU professor works to help non-whites . 2024-06-29 . Press Enterprise . 5 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 2010-06-13 . Dr. Mary Kenny Badami; BU professor was 'Jeopardy!' champion . 2024-06-29 . Press Enterprise . Newspapers.com. 9.
  11. https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1047&context=sfra "SFRA Executive Committee Minutes"
  12. News: Zurawik . Dave . 1978-01-27 . The music of the spheres mingles with the sound of the cash register . 2024-06-29 . The Buffalo News . 47, 62 . Newspapers.com.
  13. Book: Badami, Mary Kenny . A Feminist Critique of Science Fiction . 1970 . Liverpool University Press . en.
  14. Badami . Mary Kenny . December 1976 . A Feminist Critique of Science Fiction . Extrapolation . en . 18 . 1 . 6–19 . 10.3828/extr.1976.18.1.6 . 0014-5483.
  15. Badami, Mary Kenny. "Interpersonal perceptions in a simulation game of intercultural contact" International and Intercultural Communication Annual IV (1977): 32-45.
  16. Badami, Mary Kenny. "Four Cheers for Bafá Bafá", Intercultural Theory and Practice: Perspectives on education, training, and research 1 (1979): 243.
  17. McNeely . R.L. . Badami . Mary Kenny . 1984-01-01 . Interracial Communication in School Social Work . Social Work . 29 . 1 . 22–26 . 10.1093/sw/29.1.22 . 1545-6846.
  18. Monk . Patricia . 1980 . Frankenstein's Daughters: The Problems of the Feminine Image in Science Fiction . Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature . 13 . 3/4 . 15–27 . 24780258 . 0027-1276.
  19. Hemmings, Mary. "The Changing Role of Women in Science Fiction: Weird Tales, 1925-1940." The Influence of Imagination (2018): 83-91.
  20. Book: Larbalestier, Justine . Justine Larbalestier . The Battle of the Sexes in Science Fiction . 2023-09-05 . Wesleyan University Press . 978-0-8195-0137-0 . 154 . en.
  21. News: Long . Jeff . 1992-03-27 . 'Let's rally every day' About 400 turn out at BU . 2024-06-29 . Press Enterprise . 1, 8 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1994-10-22 . 'I'll never forget it'; Witnesses describe inferno . 2024-06-29 . Press Enterprise . 1, 20.
  23. News: Hartman . Linda . 2001-11-25 . Two area patients see dramatically different Lasik outcomes . 2024-06-29 . Press Enterprise . 1, 5 . Newspapers.com.

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