Kelly Clark/Keefe
Professor of Education
Interim Associate Dean of Academic and Faculty Affairs
85 South Prospect St
539B Waterman
Burlington, VT 05401
United States
- Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Expressive Arts from Appalachian State University
- Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from University of Vermont
- M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Assumption College
BIO
Professor Kelly Clark/Keefe engages in teaching and service activities across the Department of Education at UVM. Her research brings material feminist perspectives of embodiment, agency, subjectivity, and language to bear on a range of overlapping topics, including the physicality of educational subjectivity, inequities influencing educational access, and the role of somatic literacy in negotiating marginalized knowledge production practices in education. Her work engages philosophies of habit and creativity to study the usefulness of arts-informed approaches for researching the complexities of contemporary educational circumstances.
Professor Clark/Keefe has published in several key journals in the field of educational research, including the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Qualitative Inquiry. She is the author of the book titled Invoking Mnemosyne: Art, Memory, and the Uncertain Emergence of a Feminist Embodied Methodology, published by Sense. She is also co-author of two books: Narrative Inquiry and Human Displacement Stories: Challenge, Change and Resilience published by Routledge and Humanizing Methodologies in Educational Research: Centering Non-dominant Communities with Drs. Cynthia Reyes and Shana Haines, published with Teachers College Press.
Producing visual artworks is integral to Professor Clark/Keefe’s scholarly practice. In addition to delivering keynote addresses related to her innovative arts-based methodologies, her scholarly artworks have been exhibited at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland, and at Columbia University Teachers College in New York City.
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award- School/College Award, UNC Board of Governors, NC (up to five awards are made annually to faculty members in the NC State University System based on a peer nomination and extensive portfolio review process).
- Reich College of Education Annual Outstanding Teaching Award, Appalachian State University, NC (award based on a peer nomination and extensive portfolio review process).
- New England Educational Research Organization John Schmitt Award (presented annually to an early career scholar for outstanding research at the graduate or postgraduate level).
- International Women in Higher Education Organization (IWHEO)-Annual Graduate Student Paper and Presentation Award, San Francisco, CA (presented annually to an individual graduate student for outstanding research paper and presentation at the graduate level).
- American College Counseling Association (ACCA) National Meritorious Service Award for Small Colleges and Universities, presented in Philadelphia, PA (awarded annually to a professional who has demonstrated outstanding service to the profession of college counseling and/or to ACCA).
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region I Outstanding New Professional Award (awarded annually to a professional with less than five years of experience in the student affairs field).
Area(s) of expertise
- Body studies in educational contexts
- Epistemic injustice
- Feminist, critical and arts-based qualitative methodologies
Bio
Professor Kelly Clark/Keefe engages in teaching and service activities across the Department of Education at UVM. Her research brings material feminist perspectives of embodiment, agency, subjectivity, and language to bear on a range of overlapping topics, including the physicality of educational subjectivity, inequities influencing educational access, and the role of somatic literacy in negotiating marginalized knowledge production practices in education. Her work engages philosophies of habit and creativity to study the usefulness of arts-informed approaches for researching the complexities of contemporary educational circumstances.
Professor Clark/Keefe has published in several key journals in the field of educational research, including the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education and Qualitative Inquiry. She is the author of the book titled Invoking Mnemosyne: Art, Memory, and the Uncertain Emergence of a Feminist Embodied Methodology, published by Sense. She is also co-author of two books: Narrative Inquiry and Human Displacement Stories: Challenge, Change and Resilience published by Routledge and Humanizing Methodologies in Educational Research: Centering Non-dominant Communities with Drs. Cynthia Reyes and Shana Haines, published with Teachers College Press.
Producing visual artworks is integral to Professor Clark/Keefe’s scholarly practice. In addition to delivering keynote addresses related to her innovative arts-based methodologies, her scholarly artworks have been exhibited at Manchester Metropolitan University in Manchester, England, the European Graduate School in Saas Fee, Switzerland, and at Columbia University Teachers College in New York City.
Publications
Awards and Achievements
- North Carolina Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award- School/College Award, UNC Board of Governors, NC (up to five awards are made annually to faculty members in the NC State University System based on a peer nomination and extensive portfolio review process).
- Reich College of Education Annual Outstanding Teaching Award, Appalachian State University, NC (award based on a peer nomination and extensive portfolio review process).
- New England Educational Research Organization John Schmitt Award (presented annually to an early career scholar for outstanding research at the graduate or postgraduate level).
- International Women in Higher Education Organization (IWHEO)-Annual Graduate Student Paper and Presentation Award, San Francisco, CA (presented annually to an individual graduate student for outstanding research paper and presentation at the graduate level).
- American College Counseling Association (ACCA) National Meritorious Service Award for Small Colleges and Universities, presented in Philadelphia, PA (awarded annually to a professional who has demonstrated outstanding service to the profession of college counseling and/or to ACCA).
- National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Region I Outstanding New Professional Award (awarded annually to a professional with less than five years of experience in the student affairs field).
Areas of Expertise
- Body studies in educational contexts
- Epistemic injustice
- Feminist, critical and arts-based qualitative methodologies