Kelly Barnes

Affiliation: The Carpentries

GitHub ID: klbarnes20

Kelly Barnes is the Deputy Director of Instructor Training with The Carpentries. The Carpentries is a non-profit organization that teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers worldwide. Our Instructor Training Program trains people in evidence-based pedagogy rooted in educational research and cognitive science and certifies them to teach Software Carpentry, Data Carpentry, and Library Carpentry workshops. In her role, Kelly trains Instructors, leads the Instructor Training assessment strategy, and works to streamline processes and workflows. She played a vital role in preparing Carpentries Instructors for our transition to online workshops in 2020. Kelly has a Ph.D. in Social Psychology, has taught several university psychology courses, and has over ten years of experience researching systemic inequalities, including discrimination, poverty, and housing disparity. Before coming to The Carpentries, she spent several years as a research and statistical analyst for the Government of Ontario.

Panels:

10. Training Virtualization (2021-09-23)