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University of Central Florida

Education Literacy Education Curriculum and Instruction Teacher Education - Elementary Educational Leadership

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Professor Michelle Kelley – Education at University of Central Florida

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Michelle Kelley is a Professor of Reading Education in the School of Teacher Education within the University of Central Florida's College of Community Innovation and Education. She joined the UCF faculty in 2004 through a Florida State Department Grant known as FLaRE. Her career at UCF progressed from Assistant Professor (2005-2011) to Associate Professor (2011-2019) and Professor since 2019. Kelley earned her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Florida in 2001, with a dissertation titled "A Cross-Case Analysis of Effective Reading Teachers of At-Risk Intermediate Students"; an Ed.S. in Educational Leadership from the University of Florida in 1999; an M.Ed. in Literacy Education from the University of Southern Maine in 1992; and a B.A. in History from the University of Maine in 1988. She currently serves as the facilitator for the Reading Education online M.Ed. Program, former Elementary Education Program Coordinator, founder and co-director of the UCF Reading Clinic, and Director of PedsAcademy, a partnership with Nemours Children’s Hospital to educate children with critical illnesses.