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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

Biography

Dr Kelley is currently Associate Dean for Assessment and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at The Ohio State University, College of Pharmacy. She has worked at the Ohio State College of Pharmacy for more than twenty-five  years with roles in the areas of student services, assessment and accreditation. In her current capacity, she leads the Office of Assessment whose strategic areas of focus include program evaluation, assessment, and strategic plan evaluation.

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, Chair of the Assessment Special Interest Group and Chair of the Council of Faculties. She has also been an active member of the Big Ten Pharmacy Assessment Collaborative and chaired this group twice.

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. Her areas of research interest include educational assessment, program evaluation, student learning, and pharmacy education. 

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.

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