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Lisa Kelly, Ph.D.

Kelly is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Literacy Studies; she teaches both undergraduate and graduate teacher education courses. Kelly earned her B.A. in English from Wake Forest University, her M.Ed. in Secondary Education from the University of North Florida and her Ph.D. in Reading Education from Texas Woman’s University. She has worked in the field of education for over thirty years, serving as a classroom teacher for preschool through high school, a learning center director, a dyslexia specialist and a Response to Intervention coordinator. 

She had articles published in Notes on American Letters, presented at the Rose Spicola Forum in Literacy Learning, and was a co-presenter at TexTESOL and for the USF Anchin Center webinar entitled Differentiated and Responsive Literacy Instruction for all Students. She co-created and now teaches Supporting Students with Disabilities in Literacy: Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties, a course offered through the USF Anchin Center. She loves teaching future teachers and received an Excellence in Undergraduate Education Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.