CURRICULUM VITAE Kristin A. Kelly University of Connecticut Department of Political Science 341 Mansfield Road, U-24, Storrs, CT 06269-1024 Telephone: (860) 486-3252 E-mail: kkelly@uconn.edu Associate Professor of Political Science, 1998-present. Teaching Fields Public Law (Law and Society, Constitutional law, Criminal Justice, Law and Public Policy, Public Health Law) Women s Studies (Women and Politics, Feminist Jurisprudence) Political Theory (Modern Political Thought, Feminist Political Theory) EDUCATION University of Wisconsin, Madison: Ph.D. in Political Science, Awarded August 1998 MA in Political Science, Awarded May 1992 University of California, Davis: BA Political Science with High Honors, Awarded June 1989 BA Economics with High Honors, Awarded June 1989 RESEARCH/PUBLICATIONS Kristin Kelly, Domestic Violence and the Politics of Privacy, Ithaca: Cornell University Press (2004). Kristin Kelly, Working Together to Stop Domestic Violence: State-community Partnerships and the Changing Meaning of Public and Private, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Vol. 31, No. 1 (March 2004) Kristin Kelly and Chase Harrison, Universal Prenatal HIV Screening: Patient Attitudes and Perceptions, Women and Health, Vol. 40, No. 1 (January 2004), pp. 41-57. Kristin Kelly, Obtaining Informed Consent Prior to Prenatal HIV Testing: The Value of Persuasion and the Threat of Coercion," AIDS & Public Policy Journal, Vol. 18 (Fall/Winter 2003). Kristin Kelly and David Yalof, "Connecticut's Legal System," with David Yalof, in Legal Systems of the World: A Political, Social and Cultural Encyclopedia, Herbert Kritzer, ed. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Press, 2002), pp.345-348. Kristin Kelly, "Private Family, Private Individual: John Locke's Distinction between Paternal and Political Power," Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 28, No.3 (July, 2002), pp. 361-380. WORK IN PROGRESS
Preventing HIV in Newborns: Public Values and the Structure of Regulatory Relationships Public Health Law and the Regulatory Triangle: Implementing Prenatal HIV Screening in Connecticut Idealizing Motherhood: The influence of Race and Class on Perceptions of HIV Screening among Pregnant Women AWARDS/GRANTS William Bennett Award for Excellence in Research by a Junior Faculty Member, Department of Political Science, awarded Spring 2004. Research Development Award, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Women s Health, University of Connecticut Medical Center and the National Institute of Health ($153,204) awarded Summer 2001. Small Grant Award, Research Foundation University of Connecticut ($1,000) awarded Spring 2002. Invited Participant/Honorarium, Liberty Fund Conference Liberty and the Nature of Law, Park City Utah, Summer 2001. Small Grant Award, Research Foundation University of Connecticut ($1,000) awarded Fall 2001. Small Grant, Research Foundation University of Connecticut ($1,000) awarded Spring 2000. Large Grant, Research Foundation University of Connecticut ($5,169.) awarded Spring 1999. Marie Christine Kohler Fellowship, Knapp Fellowship ($11,000.) awarded Fall 1998. Graduate Student Workshop Award, The Law and Society Association Summer 1994 and 1997. Selected with Funding, The Law and Society Summer Institute, Wellesley Massachusetts - July 1994. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/SERVICE Editorial Advisory Board, Law and Society Review, 2004-2007. Department of Political Science Executive Committee, 2005-Present. Department of Political Science Colloquium Committee (Co-Chair), 2004-Present. Amherst Law and Culture Reading Group, 2000-Present. Department of Political Science Ombuds Committee (Chair), 2000-Present. Herbert Jacob Book Prize Committee, 2004-2005. Steering Committee, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, 2002-2003. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/SERVICE (continued) Women s Studies Program Executive Committee, 1999-2002.
Women s Studies Retreat Organizing Committee (Chair), 2001-2002. Department of Political Science Democratic Theory/Public Opinion Search Committee 2001. Gender and Women Conference Program Committee, 2000-2002. Department of Political Science Executive Committee, 2000-2001. Department of Political Science Public Law Search Committee, 2000. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS Paper Presentation, "Public Health Policy in Connecticut: Disease Screening, Electronic Medical Records and the Implications for Informational Privacy" Women's Health Research Symposium, University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington Connecticut, May 16, 2006. Paper Presentation/Roundtable Participant, Connecting Political Science and Law and Society Research: Disciplinary Boundaries and the Challenges of Interdisciplinary Research. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 10, 2006. Paper Presentation, Preventing HIV in Newborns: Public Values and the Structure of Regulatory Relationships, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Chicago, Illinois, June 5, 2004. Invited Presentation, Privatization and the Public Good, Case Western University, Cleveland Ohio, October 29, 2004. Discussant/Presenter, Author Meets Reader: Martha Minow s Partners Not Rivals, Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 30, 2003. Paper Presentation, "Prenatal HIV Screening Practices in Connecticut" Women's Health Research Conference, University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington Connecticut, May 14, 2003. Opening Remarks, Feminist Theory Workshop, Afternoon Session, Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Denver, Colorado, March 18, 2003. Poster Presentation, Prenatal HIV Screening: Protecting Public Health and Preserving Women's Reproductive Autonomy" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August 31, 2002. Paper Presentation, "Screening Women for HIV During Pregnancy: State Intervention and the Importance of Informed Consent" Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Vancouver, Canada, June 2, 2002. Paper Presentation, The Importance Addressing Gender, Class and Racial Variables in Clinical Research, University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington Connecticut, April 12, 2002. Discussant, panel on Constitutional Constructions and Meanings Annual Meeting of the New England Political Science Association, Portland, Maine, April 29, 2002. Poster Presentation, Gender and Women s Health University of Connecticut Medical Center, Farmington, Connecticut, April 16, 2002. Discussant/Organizer, "International Perspectives on Reducing Women's HIV Risk" Annual Women's Studies Conference on Women and Gender, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, April 6, 2002.
Panel Presentation, "Women's Work: A Conversation with Feminist Faculty at UCONN" University of Connecticut, Storrs Connecticut, April 11, 2001. Paper Presentation, "From Private to Public: Domestic Violence and Cultural Interpretation" Women and Gender Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, March 2000. Paper Presentation, "Theoretical Justification of Punishment and the Search for Alternative Sanctions" Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, May 2000. Invited Talk, "The Feminist Lecture Hall: Making an Oxymoron Work" Feminist Pedagogy Forum, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, October 16, 2000. Discussant, panel on The Limits of Liberal Justice Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Meeting, Washington D.C., August 29, 2000. Discussant, panel on Public and Private in Democratic Life Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association Meeting, Washington D.C., August 29, 2000. Paper Presentation, The Symbolic Power of the Law: Legal Interventions and Domestic Violence and the Transformation of Domestic Violence into a Public Problem National Women s Studies Association Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 11, 2000. Paper Presentation, "Constructing the Meaning of Domestic Violence: Privacy, Individualism and Legal Interventions in Domestic Violence from Colonial Time until the Present" Women and Gender Conference, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, March 17, 1999. Paper Presentation, Theoretical Justifications for Punishment and the Search for Alternative Sanctions Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Miami Beach, Florida, May 30, 2000. Discussant, panel on "Owning Autonomy: Construction of the Body Under Liberalism," Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, San Hose, California, March 25, 2000. Invited Talk, "When the Personal Becomes Political: Domestic Violence and the Question of Boundary Construction" Women's Studies Faculty Spotlight, University of Connecticut, Connecticut Storrs, October 14, 1999. Roundtable Participant, "Women and Mentoring" Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 1998. Panel Presentation, "The First Amendment and Hate Crimes Legislation" Art Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, November 11, 1998. Roundtable, Teaching American Politics" Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, August 29, 1998. Paper Presentation, "Renegotiating Public and Private Boundaries In The Treatment and Prevention of Domestic Violence Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., August 31, 1997. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS (continued)
Paper Presentation, "Legal Interventions In Domestic Violence and The Construction of Public Responsibility: Perspectives From the Field Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2,1997. Paper Presentation, "Paternal and Political Power In The Political Thought of John Locke Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Political Science Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1997. Paper Presentation, "Private Pain and Public Responsibility: Some Questions About The Meaning of Legal Interventions and Domestic Violence Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Toronto, Canada, June 3, 1995.