Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in the field of
- 19th and 20thc. African American history
- US labour and social history
- History of the American Left
Public outreach & key achievements
- After Slavery website: Lowcountry Digital History Initiative
- Dr Kelly's work has led to new online classroom resources widely sued in secondary- and university level history teaching in the US.
Research students
PhD Title | Contraband Camps and African American Politics, 1860-1866 |
Country | Ireland |
PhD Title | Race, Gender and Civil Rights: African American Women and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
PhD Title | The Forgotten Tycoon: James McHenry, The Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, and the Gilded Age of Robber Barons (1858-91) |