Faculty Adviser Roberta Kelly

Clinical Associate Professor

Coordinator, Media Writing Course
Coordinator, Journalism Internships
Faculty Adviser, The Association for Women in Communications
Faculty Adviser, Communication; Agricultural/Communication

Office: MURE 211
Phone: (509) 335-9153
E-mail: rkelly@wsu.edu

BIO:

Roberta Kelly (M.S., 1980, Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine) is a clinical associate professor in The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication.  Her research interests include prescription drug abuse among college students, the cessation of cigarette smoking among pregnant women, and teaching scientists how to communicate their research to a lay public.  She has twice served as president of the Pacific Northwest Association for Journalism Educators and twice as journalism sequence head in the Murrow College.  Kelly is the course director for Writing in Communication (Com 300) and was assistant dean of the Murrow College.  From 2007-10, she was the coordinator for Murrow College Assessment, and since 1996, she has coordinated the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association Publisher-in-Residence program.  Kelly also serves as the faculty adviser for the WSU chapter of The Association for Women in Communications, recognized nationally 16 times, and served on the national AWC Student Task Force committee. She has reviewed numerous textbooks on writing and reporting and directed several workshops on science communication.

EDUCATION:

M.S., Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
B.A. (cum laude), Washington State University, Communication (journalism emphasis)
B.S., University of Alaska, Biological Sciences
A.A.S., State University of New York-Delhi, Animal Science