Her articles have appeared in CCC, College English, WPA: Writing Program Administration, and Rhetoric Review, among others. Kelly’s first book, Before Shaughnessy: Basic Writing at Yale and Harvard, 1920-1960 (SIU Press, 2009) received Honorable Mention for the CWPA Best Book Award in 2010. Her second book is Who Owns School? Students, Authority, and Online Discourse (Hampton Press, 2010). Kelly’s current book manuscript is To Know Her Own History: Writing at the Woman’s College 1943-1963.