Sean Kelly

Sean Kelly (PhD, Sociology; University of Wisconsin-Madison) is Associate Professor and Director of PhD Studies in the Department of Administrative and Policy Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He studies the social organization of schools, student engagement, and teacher effectiveness. Dr. Kelly has published more than 40 articles and book chapters, including work appearing in American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, Teachers College Record, Sociology of Education, Social Science Research, and elsewhere. He is the editor of Assessing Teacher Quality: Understanding Teacher Effects on Instruction and Achievement (Teachers College Press). In 2014 he received the Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education award from AERA’s Division K. Dr. Kelly’s current research includes the CLASS 5.0 development project, an Institute for Education Sciences funded educational technology study of classroom discourse. He teaches courses in educational reform, leadership, the sociology of education, and both introductory and advanced statistics for the social sciences. He is currently serving a two-year position as chair of AERA’s Sociology of Education SIG. He also serves on the editorial board of the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Urban Education, as well as Research in the Teaching of English.