Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators

Judith Kelley (1994)

After graduating from Emmanuel College with an A.B. in Chemistry in 1963, Judith Kelley worked as a Research Assistant for the Radioactivity Center at MIT. She began teaching Chemistry at the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, where she has since remained. Judith extended her education at the Lowell Technological Institute, where she earned an MS in Chemistry in 1973.

Judith has served as a Visiting Scholar and a Visiting Fellow for the Lesley College Program Evaluation and Research Group with Dr. George Hein from 1987 to 1988 and from 1996 to 1997, respectively. She has presented workshops on Assessment and on Collaborative Learning from 1988 to the present with teachers from Arlington, Cambridge, Quincy, Chelsea, Medford, and PALMS teacher leaders in the Amesbury region.

Judith was the Central Division Chairperson of the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers from 1987 to 1991. She has served on the Board for the Science Teachers Area Resources Swap from 1986 to the present. She served on the Tsongas Industrial History Center Educational Advisory Board from 1990 to 1996. She was also on the Board of the Coalition for the Advancement of Science Education in Massachusetts from 1993 to 1995. She has been the Coordinator of Computer Conferencing for Educators at U Mass-Lowell from 1985 to the present.

Special Honors:

• Received an NEH-sponsored grant for core curriculum development at U Mass-Lowell
• Received the John Arend Timm Award for outstanding contributions to the teaching of Chemistry in 1997
• Named Science Educator of the Year for Middlesex County in 1996
• Received Seed Grants from U Mass-Lowell in 1986 and from 1995 to 1996
• Inducted into the Massachusetts Hall of Fame for Science Educators in 1994
• Participated in Who’s Who in American Education from 1989 to 1994, Who’s Who in Science in 1995, Who’s Who in American Women in 1995, and Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in 1996
• Won College of Pure and Applied Science Awards and Departmental Awards, such as the Distinguished Achievement Award in 1983

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