{"id":19659,"date":"2026-08-20T08:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=19659"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T21:21:05","slug":"kay-hannahan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/liberal-arts\/communication-media-department\/communication-media-faculty-staff\/kay-hannahan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kay Hannahan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MFA: Film &amp; Media Arts | Temple University | Philadelphia, PA (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BA: Anthropology | Concordia University | Montr\u00e9al, Qu\u00e9bec (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Personal Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have called a lot of places home in my life: the house in St. Paul where I grew up, a Hungarian block apartment, a village in Bulgaria, a lake in Guatemala, and briefly, a cargo ship on the Black Sea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My life has been profoundly shaped by my service as both an AmeriCorps and Peace Corps volunteer, where I built relationships that enrich my life and challenge me to think about the many ways of knowing and experiencing the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After so much time living abroad, I couldn\u2019t be happier to be back in Minnesota, embracing winter and spending time with my husband and 2 boys who often ask me to play baseball before 6:30am.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Professional Statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a documentary filmmaker, my creative scholarship examines the intersections of identity, memory, and place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Heavily influenced by my time spent abroad and my Peace Corps service in Bulgaria, my work uses immersive audio and visual storytelling to explore global issues and create cross-cultural understanding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My films have been supported by Fulbright and the New York Council on the Arts and showcased by The Atlantic, the National Gallery of Art, and film festivals around the world, including Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, and Docudays Human Rights Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kayhannahan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit my website<\/a> to see my work.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses Taught<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MCOM 115: Photo Appreciation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 172: Print &amp; Web Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 173: Video &amp; Audio Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 215: Photo: The Technical Art<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 303: Documentary Production \u2013 The Living History Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 319: Studio Photography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 349: Advanced Video &amp; Audio Production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCOM 353: Multimedia News &amp; Information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"panel panel--white\">\n        <div class=\"panel__container\">\n            <div class=\"panel__intro\">\n                        <\/div>\n            \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Kay Hannahan<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-block contact-card mb-1\">\n   <div class=\"contact-card__content\">\n       <div class=\"contact-card__title h4\">\n           Kay Hannahan\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__subtitle h4\">\n           Assistant Professor\n       <\/div>\n       <div class=\"contact-card__description\">\n           <p>Phelps Hall 113A<\/p>\n\n       <\/div>\n       <a class=\"wsu-link contact-card__link\" href=\"mailto:kay.hannahan@winona.edu\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Email Kay Hannahan\">Email Kay Hannahan<\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Kay Hannahan, a professor in the Communication &amp; 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