About Me!

Hi!  My name is Kellie McKinney and I am an English literature major and dance minor.  I plan on graduating this fall and continuing onto graduate school for English Lit.  I am from Bethlehem Township, New Jersey which is about 6 hours from here.  My family is a big part of my life so I usually travel there on breaks and holidays.  I am the oldest of five and have three younger sisters, Shannon, Mariya, and Rylee, and a brother Brandon. If you can't tell by all our names...we're very Irish.  We play alot of soccer during picnics and gatherings so my soccer skills are a little above normal.  My family also takes in foster children so I do have a couple of brothers that still come around every once in a while to visit. My house is basically chaos 24/7 so if I start talking really loud in class take no offence, I'm used shouting over loud noises.  I do work alot but love the fact that I can support myself and continue to learn as much as I can here at Slippery Rock. 

As stated before I'm a dancer and my favorite form would have to be ballet.  I've been dancing since I was about 6 or 7 and cannot get enough of it!  I am a die-heart Kevin Smith fan and have been to the Secret Stash many times.  I love comic books and graphic novels.  I also live about 20 minutes from the Quick Stop where the films Clerks, and Jay and Silent Bob were films so naturally I'm a huge fan! I plan on travelling alot in my future, specifically to Ireland (of course) and Italy.  I spent about three weeks this summer trekking through Italy and it was amazing!  I'm pretty pumped about this class since I'm not very good with technology...I'm hoping it can help me utilize different ways to get my future students interested in literature the way I am.  Or maybe to just blog about my future experiences abroad!  Hope you guys all enjoy my posts about the readings and what non-print media interests me. :)