Kelly听Kandra Hughes

Presenter, 鈥淔rom Misdiagnosis to Advocacy: Psychological Resilience and Creating Inclusive Learning Environments鈥听
Kelly earned her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of North Carolina but thinks it鈥檚 hilarious to say her Ph.D. stands for 鈥減rofessional house and dog sitter.鈥 In 2016, she quit her first academic job as a tenured associate professor, and for the next eight years, she and her husband traveled across the country to care for other people鈥檚 pets and homes while she pursued her dream of being an author.鈥疭he now works as an assistant teaching professor in the Psychology and Neuroscience Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where she teaches general psychology and upper-level lab/methods courses in positive psychology, as well as conservation psychology