Kelly helps shape the direction of digital scholarship at UVA in his role as Scholars’ Lab GIS Specialist consulting across academic disciplines with faculty, students, and staff on the application of geospatial technologies for research and teaching. He earned the MS in GIS from Indiana University and the GISP professional certification in GIS. Kelly teaches GIS methods classes at UVA in Environmental Sciences and Public Health, leads GIS workshops, and supports the broad university GIS community. His research interests include geographic information science and cartography.