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USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Ph.D. Chris Kelly Receives Teaching Position at University of Nebraska

When Dr. Chris Kelly was in grad school, spewing sports statistics and grinding out long hours, he left an indelible impression on his instructors at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. 

“He was enormously conscientious,” said Dr. Phoebe Liebig, associate professor of gerontology and public administration, who chaired his dissertation. “He worked very hard and was very meticulous.”

When the news spread of his appointment as an Assistant Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, it was received with enthusiasm by his former colleagues. 

He worked as a teaching assistant for Dr. Jon Pynoos, UPS Foundation Professor of Gerontology, Policy, Planning and Development, Director of the Division of Policy and Services Research.

“Chris Kelly has a very bright future ahead of him,” said Dr. Pynoos.  “He is an excellent teacher, an accomplished researcher and a great colleague.  Plus, he knows everything about sports!”

Maria Henke, communications director at the Davis School, worked with Dr. Kelly on several online courses, including Gerontology 540: Social Policy and Aging and Gerontology 340: Policy, Values and Power in an Aging Society.

“We couldn’t be prouder of Chris,” she said.

Upon completing his Ph.D. in 2004, he received the James G. Zimmer New Investigator Research Award from the American Public Health Association for his paper, “Nursing home quality: the effect of administrator licensing criteria on regulatory outcomes,” co-authored with Paul Wing.  Dr. Kelly is currently completing a post doctoral fellowship from the Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research (CPHAR) at the University of the North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 

Dr. Kelly will be working in the Department of Gerontology at the University of Nebraska beginning in the fall of 2006.  Among the courses he will be teaching are Introduction to Gerontology, Programs and Services for the Elderly, and Politics and Aging.

“I think it’s a good match for me in terms of my interest in state long term care policy and the teaching is consistent with courses I taught at USC,” said Dr. Kelly.

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While at USC, Chris Kelly worked as a teaching assistant for Dr. Jon Pynoos, UPS Foundation Professor of Gerontology, Policy, Planning and Development, Director of the Division of Policy and Services Research.

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