KELLY D. BRADLEY, Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2002. Assistant Professor.

Kelly D. Bradley (vita in PDF) came to UK directly from doctoral study in quantitative research, evaluation, and measurement at The Ohio State University. Her research is anchored in quantitative research and measurement, with a focus on Survey Research and Rasch analysis. As a result of her research related to teacher supply and demand, she was invited to serve on the Educator Supply and Demand Committee for the American Association for Employment in Education (AAEE), and is co-author of their annual report. She has over 30 regional and national presentations, including a recent award for Best Paper at the 2005 College Teaching and Learning Conference and has published in multiple journals including World Studies in Education, The Forum, Journal of College Teaching and Learning, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, NASSP and Organizational Research Methods. In addition, she is lead author and co-author on two upcoming book chapters, one focusing on multilevel modeling and the other on Rasch applications.

Dr. Bradley served as chair of the Teaching and Teacher Education division for Midwest Educational Research Association (MWERA) in 2004 and has been elected to the 2005 - 2006 Association Council for MWERA, is actively involved in American Educational Research Association (AERA), American Statistical Association (ASA) and National Council of Measurement in Education (NCME) and reviews for the Journal of Statistics, Educational Psychology and Canadian Journal of Education. Dr. Bradley teaches research methods and statistics courses. She holds a M.S. in statistics from the University of South Carolina, a B.S. in mathematics and sociology and a B.A. in mathematics education from Fairmont State College (and retains her teaching certification in mathematics 5 – 12).