Caitlin Kelly
Senior Academic Professional and Director, Naugle Writing and Communication Center
Member Of:
- Writing and Communication Program
- School of Literature, Media, and Communication
Office Phone: 404-385-3615
Office Location: Clough 447
Email Address: caitlin.kelly@gatech.edu
Overview
Personal Pronouns:
she/herCaitlin Kelly is the Director of the Naugle Writing and Communication Center. She holds a MA from the University of Tennessee and a PhD from the University of Missouri. Kelly’s professional interests include writing pedagogy, writing program administration, leadership development in writing centers, and 18th-century British literature and culture. Kelly has presented her research at conferences including the International Writing Centers Association, Southeastern Writing Center Association, Conference on College Composition and Communication, and American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, among others. In 2020 and 2024 she was a breakout speaker at the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Annual General Meeting. Kelly’s work has been published in venues including WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship, SDC: A Journal of Writing Center Studies, Pedagogy, Persuasions, and Age of Revolutions.
Education:
- PhD in English, University of Missouri
- MA in English, University of Tennessee
- BA in English, University of Central Arkansas
Awards and
Distinctions:
Distinctions:
- Buzz Award for Spirit of Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts (2025)
Interests
Teaching Interests:
academic writing
multimodal communication
writing pedagogy and tutor training
18th-century literature and culture
the novel
multimodal communication
writing pedagogy and tutor training
18th-century literature and culture
the novel
Research Interests:
writing center leadership development
tutor training methods
graduate student writing support
18th-century literature and culture
tutor training methods
graduate student writing support
18th-century literature and culture
Research Fields:
- Communication
- Literary and Cultural Studies
Issues:
- Communication
- Higher Education: Teaching and Learning
- Interdisciplinary Learning and Partnering
- Literature
Courses
- ENGL-1102: English Composition II
- LMC-3202: Studies in Fiction
- LMC-3226: Major Authors
- LMC-3813: Comm Theory, Pedagog, Prac: (In Person)
- LMC-3813: Communication Theory &Pedagogy: (Online Asynchronous)
Publications
Journal Articles
- Guidebooks, Itineraries, and Ways of Seeing: Scripting Tourism in Northanger Abbey
In: Persuasions [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2024
- Hamilton and the Bibliographic Revolution in the Classroom
In: Age of Revolutions [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2020
- An Approach to Serving Faculty in the Writing Center
In: WLN: A Journal of Writing Center Scholarship [Peer Reviewed]
Date: 2017
Presentations
- Remixing Approaches to Professionalization: Threshold Concepts as Rubrics to Identify and Evaluate Leadership Development Opportunities in Writing Centers
In: Conference in College Composition and Communication
Date: 2025
- Threshold Concepts, Emergent Technologies, and Developing Future Writing Center Leaders
In: International Writing Centers Association
Date: 2024
Updated: Aug 25th, 2026 at 4:33 PM