2012-2013 Richard and Virginia Eisenhart Provost's Award for Excellence in Teaching
Kelly Norris Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communications
College of Liberal Arts

- Joined RIT in 2011
- Eight years of experience in teaching communication theory and rhetoric
- Current areas of research focus on visual communication, design studies, rhetoric, and instructional communication
- Author or co-author of 9 publications and 17 papers and professional presentations at national or international conferences since 2008
- Served as the associate editor for the 2012 volume of Design Principles and Practices: An International Journal
- Awarded more than $15,000 in grants for research and scholarship associated with visual communication and design in 2012
- Member of the National Communication Association, the New York State Communication Association, and the Urban Communication Foundation
- Ph.D., communication, rhetoric, and digital media, North Carolina State University; MS, communications, North Carolina State University; BA, English and music, John Carroll University
