She received her Ph.D. in math from the University of Notre Dame in 2006 under the supervision of Joachim Rosenthal. Before coming to Nebraska, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Fields Institute in Toronto, and in the Department of Mathematics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Kelley's research is in coding theory and applied discrete mathematics. One emphasis is on graph-based codes and algorithms, and the design and analysis of such codes using algebraic methods. Another research interest is in applying algebraic and combinatorial methods to coding for flash memory storage. Her research is currently being supported by an NSA Young Investigator grant (Spring 2011-Spring 2013) and has been supported by an NSF EPSCoR First Award (2009-2010).In Spring 2010, Dr. Kelley received the University of Nebraska's Harold and Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty Award