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Katherine Kelley, PhD

Associate Dean for Assessment

Professor-Clinical Pharmacy

Pharmacy Education and Innovation
Educational Innovation and Scholarship
College Administration
Research Areas: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Division of Pharmacy Education and Innovation

217B Parks Hall

kelley.168@osu.edu
(614) 292-5998

Professional Interests

Dr. Kelley leads the Office of Educational Innovation and Scholarship whose strategic areas of focus include program development, assessment, and helping faculty disseminate scholarly work related to their teaching (e.g. the scholarship of teaching and learning). Her areas of research interest include educational assessment, program evaluation, student learning, and pharmacy education.

Biography

Dr. Kelley has worked at the Ohio State College of Pharmacy for more than twenty years with roles in the areas of student services, assessment and accreditation. She is currently Associate Dean for Assessment and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy. In her current capacity, she leads the Office of Educational Innovation and Scholarship whose strategic areas of focus include program development, assessment, and helping faculty disseminate scholarly work related to their teaching (e.g. the scholarship of teaching and learning).

Dr. Kelley has been an active member of the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy since 1997 and has served as chair of the Institutional Research and Assessment Committee and Chair of the Assessment Special Interest Group. These experiences provided an excellent foundation for understanding AACP and the relationships between the membership, its governance and the AACP staff.

Dr. Kelley received a BA in Chemistry from Miami University an MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Cincinnati, an MS in Pharmaceutical Administration and a PhD in Higher Education Administration from the Ohio State University. She has completed two leadership programs – AACP’s Academic Leadership Fellows Program the HERS Bryn Mawr Leadership Institute. She teaches in the PharmD program as part of a team delivering co-curricular content instruction and another team for program-level assessment. Her areas of research interest include educational assessment, program evaluation, student learning, and pharmacy education. She has also been an active member of the Big Ten Pharmacy Assessment Collaborative.

Dr. Kelley is the recipient of the Rufus A. Lyman Award, 2012 and the 2013 Excellence in Assessment Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, as well as the 2017 Social and Administrative Science Section Best Publication Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Support Staff
Liz Gibson: Administrative Associate

Education

  • 2002, PhD, The Ohio State University
  • 1998, MS, The Ohio State University
  • 1992, MS, University Of Cincinnati
  • 1989, BA, Miami University

Honors

  • 2020, AACP Distinguished Teaching Scholar
  • 2017, Social and Administrative Science Section Best Publication Award for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • 2016, Outstanding Mentorship and Service
  • 2014, Inducted to Phi Lambda Sigma
  • 2013, AACP Award for Excellence in Assessment
  • 2012, AACP/NCPA Innovative Adherence Educators Challenge
  • 2012, Rufus A. Lyman Award for the paper of the year in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Publications