Stacy Kelly, Ed.D.
Professor, Special Education
Department
Special and Early Education (SEED)
Education
- Ed.D., Educational Psychology Emphasis in Visual Disabilities, Northern Illinois University
- M.A., School Leadership and Public Policy, Concordia University
- B.S.Ed., Special Education Visual Impairments, Illinois State University
Interests
Stacy Kelly, Ed..D. is a professor in and coordinator of the Visual Disabilities Program at Northern Illinois University. Kelly completed her doctoral degree as a National Center for Leadership in Visual Impairment (NCLVI) Doctoral Fellow. Prior to coming to NIU, Kelly worked as a disability policy researcher in Washington, DC. She taught students who were blind or visually impaired as a teacher of students with visual impairments (TSVI) in the Chicagoland area. She is also a certified orientation and mobility specialist (COMS) and a certified school administrator. Kelly has been appointed as an assistive technology certification subject matter expert (SME) by the leading credentialing organization for vision rehabilitation and educational professionals. Kelly serves an Associate Editor for both the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) and AER's new journal The New RE: view (TNR).
Research Interests
- Assistive technology for people with visual impairments
- Implications for instruction in the expanded core curriculum for students with visual impairments
- Secondary analysis of large-scale databases
Courses
- SEVI 420/SEVI 520 - Literary Braille
- SEVI 421/SEVI 521 - Advanced Braille
- SEVI 440/540 Communication Systems Used by Persons with Visual Impairments
- SEVI 450/SEVI 550 - Assistive Technology for Persons with Visual Impairments
- SEVI 486/586 - Topical Seminar in Teaching Students with Visual Impairments
- SEVI 551 - Advanced Assistive Technology for Persons with Visual Impairments
- SEVI 552 - Collaboration Principles and Skills for Professionals Working with Persons with Visual Impairments
- SEVI 205/505 - The Blindness Experience
Recent Grants Funded (Selected)
Kelly, S. M. andPasley, M. (2023). Project Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.); Preparing diverse scholars in teacher of the visually impaired and orientation and mobility programs to serve diverse children with visual impairments. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Funded for $1,250,000 for five years.
Kelly, S. M. and Pasley, M. (2023). Project Orientation and Mobility (O&M) Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.); Preparing diverse scholars in orientation and mobility programs to serve diverse children with visual impairments. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Funded for $1,250,000 for five years.
Kelly, S. M. (2019). Preparation of vision rehabilitation therapists and orientation & mobility specialists to prepare individuals with visual disabilities for the 21st century workplace. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Funded for $750,000 for five years.
Kelly, S. M. (2018). Project Fusion: Bringing together scholars in teacher of the visually impaired and orientation and mobility programs to serve children with visual impairments in the 21st century classroom. Submitted to the U.S. Department of Education. Funded for $1,250,000 for five years.
Recent Publications (Selected)
Kelly, S. M., Kapperman, G., Kalas, R., (NIU graduate student) and Spitz, C. (NIU graduate student) (2024). Methods and tools for decreasing vulnerability to physical and sexual assault among people with visual impairments. The New RE:view 2(1), 3-17.
Kapperman, G., Kelly, S. M., Kelley, R., (NIU graduate student) and Sutton, K. (NIU graduate student) (2023). Meaningful methods for instructing individuals who are visually impaired about birth control options. The New RE:view 1(1), 25-39.
Kelly, S. M. (2023). Using technology to enhance learning for students with visual impairments. In J. P. Bakken and F. E. Obiakor (Eds.), Using Technology to Enhance Special Education (Advances in Special Education Vol. 37) (p. 87-103). Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Wild, T., Kelly, S. M., Kapperman, G., Ilic, S. and Brewer, S. (2019). Health Education for Students with Visual Impairments: A Guidebook for Teachers. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind (APH).
Kapperman, G., Kelly, S. M. and Koster, E. (NIU graduate student) (2018). Using the JAWS screen reader and the Focus braille display to read foreign language books downloaded from the Bookshare accessible online library. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness,112(4), 415-419.
Kelly, S. M. and Kapperman G. (2018). A second look at what high school students who are blind should know about technology. Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities, 6(1), 385-398.
Kelly, S. M. and Bakken, J. (2017). Aging and vision loss: The increasing prevalence of age-related eye diseases and critical shortage of vision rehabilitation service providers. EC Ophthalmology (Special Issue on Eye Diseases and their Investigations to Acquire a Good Vision), 1(11), 08-09.
Kapperman, G., Kelly, S. M. and Kilmer, K. (2017). An assessment of the Tinder mobile dating application for individuals who are visually impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 111(4), 369-374.
Kelly, S. M. and Tikkun, S. (2017). Introducing the university assistive technology specialization in visual impairments. Journal on Technology & Persons with Disabilities, 5(1), 16-28.
