Kimberly Kelly
(Curriculum Vitae)
Kimberly Kelly is a doctoral candidate in sociology and will finish her PhD in May 2009. She holds a Master’s degrees in American history and sociology from the University of West Georgia. Her research interests are in the area of gender and inequality and focus on work and family balance among academics; welfare and poverty among single mother families; and reproductive rights, activism and politics. She is currently working on her dissertation, titled “Empowering Women in Unlikely Places: The Paradox of Evangelical Pro-Life Activism.”
Selected Honors, Grants, Awards
2008 - 2009. Graduate School Doctoral Research Assistantship. University of Georgia
2008. Graduate School Dean’s Award for Dissertation Research. University of Georgia
2004 - 2006. University-Wide Graduate School Fellowship. University of Georgia
2004 - 2006. University-Wide Graduate School Fellowship. University of Georgia
Selected Publications
Kelly, Kimberly and Linda Grant. 2007. “State Abortion and Nonmarital Birth Rates in the Post-Welfare Reform Era: The Impact of Economic Incentives on Reproductive Behaviors of Teenage and Adult Women.” Gender & Society 21(6): 878-904.
Kelly, Kimberly. 2007. “Pro-Life Feminism Yesterday and Today: A Book Review.” Journal of International Women’s Studies 9(1): 315-318.
Grant, Linda and Kimberly Kelly. 2007. “Teacher-Student Interactions and Gender in the Hidden Curriculum” in Barbara Banks (editor), The Encyclopedia of Gender and Interaction. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Contact Information
Department of Sociology
419 Baldwin Hall
Athens, GA 30602-1611
706-542-3208 (office)
706-542-4320 (fax)
kelly819@uga.edu
