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Name:
Kelley T. O'Brien |
| Title: Director, NC Civic Education Consortium |
| Phone: 919.962.8273 |
| E-mail: obrien@sog.unc.edu |
| Areas
of Interest: Civic education |
Kelley O'Brien joined the School of Government in 2002 as project director for the 2003 Civic Index, the first-ever statewide study of youth and adult civic engagement. Her previous work in education includes serving as associate director for a school-to-career nonprofit in Durham and teaching ESL in Guayaquil, Ecuador. O'Brien's research has been published in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Popular Government, and the Kappa Delta Pi Record. Currently she serves on the board of directors for Kids Voting North Carolina. O'Brien earned a BA in honors interdisciplinary studies from the University of Georgia and an MPA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
