Dr Kelli Zezulka is a lecturer in technical theatre at the University of Salford and a teaching fellow in stage production at the University of Leeds. She has been an aerialist for five years and a lighting designer for much longer than that, merging the two practices as convenor of the Aerial Arts, Scenography and Pedagogy research network. She co-edited (with Professor Scott Palmer and Dr Katherine Graham) Contemporary Performance Lighting, published in 2023, and a special issue of the Theatre and Performance Design journal titled “On Light” in 2025. She is a life member of the Association for Lighting Production and Design in the UK.