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Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly

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Teacher. researcher. speaker. consultant.

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Public Talks and Panels

Transforming Schools and Communities through Critical Hiphop Literacies

Colloquium presented as Nasir Jones Hip Hop Fellow at Harvard University Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. 

Teaching with Hiphop in the 7-12 Grade Classroom: A Book Talk with the Author Lauren Leigh Kelly

Book Talk moderated by Dr. Riana Elyse Anderson at Harvard University Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. 

Cultivating Creativity and Community as a Vehicle for Social Change

Talk delivered at the 2024 Ikeda Forum: Imagining a World Where Peace is Possible. Cambridge, MA.



Hip Hop and Black Futurity as Critical Praxis in Virtual Spaces

Dialogue with Aysha Upchurch, Kisha Porcher, Christopher Emdin, Manny Faces, featuring Tony Keith, moderated by Lauren Leigh Kelly and Daren Graves

Past, Current, and Future Directions in Hip Hop Based Education Research

This webinar engaged outstanding scholars in a conversation about doing research in Hip Hop Based Education (HHBE). This panel features Dr. Kyesha Jennings,  Dr, Sherell McArthur, Dr. Edmund Adjapong,  and Dr. Ian Levy. The panel is moderated by Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly and Dr. Daren Graves.

Critical Mentoring in Hip Hop Based Education

This panel discussion features Drs. Emery Petchauer, Stevie Johnson, and Torie Weiston-Serdan, with an opening presentation by Torie Weiston-Serdan. Moderated by Drs. Daren Graves and Lauren Leigh Kelly.

A Dialogue on the State of Hip Hop Education Research and Praxis

This is the first in a series of webinars organized by the AERA Hip Hop SIG under the leadership of Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly and Dr. Daren Graves. This inaugural webinar features Dr. Joycelyn Wilson, Dr. Emery Petchauer, and Dr. H. Bernard Hall. This event took place on March 5th, 2019.

"Exploring Black Femininity through Critical Hip Hop Literacies "

IUME Colloquia Series

Teachers College, Columbia University

April 14, 2014

Media Appearances

BBC Interview: Everything Is Everything: The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill at 25

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

BBC Sounds Interview with award-winning British singer/songwriter Laura Mvula featuring Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

Hip Hop Can Save America Podcast with Manny Faces

Keeping Hip-Hop Based Education 'Real,' with Dr. Lauren Leigh Kelly

Unlocking Hip Hop's Potential in Education with Dr. Lauren Kelly & Dr. Daren Graves

Hip Hop Can Save America Podcast produced by Manny Faces

Lauren Leigh Kelly (Ph.D. ’16): Early Career Award

TC (Re)Unites 2024 Alumni Awards

Teachers College Columbia University

“Developing Asset-Based Approaches to Address Racial Trauma and Injustice in K-12 Schools.”

Keynote Presentation with Gloria Ladson-Billings, Lauren Kelly, and Remy Martin for St. John's University Trauma-Informed Teaching Series. 

Pass the Mic: Teaching with Hip-Hop

Education Update article by Sarah McKibben

English Teacher's Hip-Hop Curriculum Gets Students Writing

English Teacher's Hip-Hop Curriculum Gets Students Writing

Education Week Teacher Article by Elisha McNeil


Strategize: Great Ideas for Library Writing Programs

English Teacher's Hip-Hop Curriculum Gets Students Writing

School Library Journal article by Linda Jacobson

Changing the Future: Centering Student Voice in Education

Changing the Future: Centering Student Voice in Education

This New Jersey Department of Education Podcast features the June 2019 Hip Hop Youth Research and Activism conference as a space that centers student voice in education. 


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