Kathleen Kelly is a Professional Development Specialist on the Research & Creative Activities team at CFE. She helps faculty find external funding for their scholarly work, shape and improve their funding proposals, and manage group projects.
Kathleen worked for two decades in academic publishing in California and Oklahoma. She held various positions with Oxford University Press and was an acquisitions editor at the University of Oklahoma Press (2011-2019). She served as a Research Grants and Publications Consultant with OU’s Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture before joining the Research & Creative Activities team in 2025.
You can reach Kathleen to discuss proposal development at kathleen.a.kelly-1@ou.edu.