Todd Kelsey
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Todd Kelsey is an American author, educator, and musician whose work has spanned digital media, marketing, artificial intelligence, and music.[1]
Education
Kelsey earned a Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology.[2]
Career and research
In 2008, the Daily Herald profiled Kelsey for a sunflower-sharing project that he connected to his doctoral research in technical communication.[3]
Kelsey spoke at TEDxNaperville in 2011 on a concept described as "The nonprofit stock exchange."[4]
Kelsey was a speaker at the 2020 Virtual AI Summit New York, where he was listed as an associate professor at Benedictine University.[5]
In 2025, Kelsey co-authored "Communicating With the Future" with Tom Coughlin and Vinton Cerf in Computer.[6]
Music and media
Kelsey performed as a flutist with the Chicago electronic-pop act Sister Soleil. A 1997 review in The Morning Call identified Kelsey as the group's flutist and singled out his counter-melodies as part of the band's performance.[7] He is also credited on flute on Sister Soleil's 1998 Universal Records album Soularium.[8][9] The album was recorded in part at Real World Studios.[10]
During that period, Sister Soleil appeared on bills with acts including Slipknot and Everclear. Roadrunner Records A&R executive Monte Conner later recalled first seeing Slipknot when the band opened for Sister Soleil at an April 1998 showcase at the Illinois Institute of Technology while he was evaluating the group.[11] Kelsey later earned his Ph.D. from Illinois Institute of Technology.[2] Sister Soleil also appeared at Dotfest II in June 1998 on a bill that included Everclear and Slipknot; a contemporary Iowa State Daily review described Sister Soleil taking the stage after Everclear.[12]
Kelsey's early technology writing overlapped with digital-media production. Animation World Network reported on Flash MX Design for TV and Video, co-authored by Janet Galore and Kelsey, describing it as a guide to using Flash for broadcast-quality television animation.[13]
Publications
Kelsey is the author of books published by Apress, including Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between (2010),[14] Introduction to Search Engine Optimization: A Guide for Absolute Beginners (2017),[15] and Introduction to Social Media Marketing: A Guide for Absolute Beginners (2017).[16]
Introduction to Social Media Marketing has been listed as reference material in university curricula, including at the University of Lakki Marwat[17] and Raichur University.[18]
References
- ↑ "Todd Kelsey, PhD". Benedictine University. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "2017–2018 Graduate Catalog" (PDF). Benedictine University. p. 324. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Dibble, Susan (12 September 2008). "Wheaton man sends seeds of giant sunflowers around the world". Daily Herald. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Watch Our Talks". TEDxNaperville. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Virtual AI Summit New York 2020". AI & ML Events. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Coughlin, Tom; Kelsey, Todd; Cerf, Vinton (September 2025). "Communicating With the Future". Computer. IEEE. 58 (9): 118–122. doi:10.1109/MC.2025.3579276.
- ↑ Morning Call (1 March 1997). "At Lupo's, Sister Soleil singer shines through". The Morning Call.
- ↑ "Soularium — Sister Soleil". Hard Force. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Soularium - Album by Sister Soleil". Apple Music. 1998. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Soularium - Sister Soleil". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "Slipknot's Joey Jordison Remembered by the A&R Exec Who Signed the Band". Yahoo Entertainment. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Hosbond, Kevin (16 June 1998). "Dotfest 2: A Successful Sequel". Iowa State Daily.
- ↑ "New Book Helps Animators Put Some Flash Into Their Work". Animation World Network. 17 December 2002. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ Kelsey, Todd (2010). Social Networking Spaces: From Facebook to Twitter and Everything In Between. Apress. doi:10.1007/978-1-4302-2597-3. ISBN 978-1-4302-2596-6. Search this book on
- ↑ Kelsey, Todd (2017). Introduction to Search Engine Optimization: A Guide for Absolute Beginners. Apress. doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-2851-7. ISBN 978-1-4842-2850-0. Search this book on
- ↑ Kelsey, Todd (2017). Introduction to Social Media Marketing: A Guide for Absolute Beginners. Apress. doi:10.1007/978-1-4842-2854-8. ISBN 978-1-4842-2853-1. Search this book on
- ↑ "Introduction to Social Media Marketing syllabus" (PDF). University of Lakki Marwat. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
- ↑ "BA in Journalism and Mass Communication syllabus" (PDF). Raichur University. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
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