Kelly Franklin

Kelly Franklin is the Associate Director of the Digital Storytelling Lab in the Carl G. Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology and Law. She brings many years of higher education and teaching experience across high schools, community colleges and universities, and has previously served in instructional coaching and literacy specialist roles. 

Franklin is completing her Ph.D. in English Rhetoric and Composition at Texas Christian University, earned her M.A. in English Literature from Boise State University, and her B.A. in American Literature from UCLA. Her research interests include Black Feminist Theory and Pedagogy, Anti-Racist Pedagogy, Black girlhood, and Black Student Athletes, with teaching expertise in First-Year Writing Composition. Her work has appeared in journals such as Writer’s: Craft & Context, Peitho, English Teaching: Practice and Critique, and The Sandbox: Short Papers, Big Ideas on Literacy and Learning. Franklin's community advocacy includes founding STILE (Storytelling thru Inquiry and Literacy Expression), an after-school initiative that cultivates safe spaces for Black girls—and girls of color through extension—while empowering their voices through storytelling and literacy practices.

• M.A., Boise State University
• B.A., University of California, Los Angeles