Dr. Kelly K. Ivy, a mathematics education scholar in UDC’s College of Arts and Sciences, specializes in culturally responsive math teaching, urban STEM education, and teacher self-efficacy, with a research-driven approach that informs her teaching, mentoring, and leadership in math curriculum development and STEM education.
Experience
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Education, University of Maryland, College Park Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction Trinity Washington University Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Secondary Education Professional Minor, Howard University
Roles
Co-Project Manager, Katherine G. Johnson Math Teacher Training Institute (MTTI) Grant, UDC, 2025-Present
Courses Taught
MATH 393 Theory and Application of Math EDCI 521 Teaching Elementary Mathematics ELED 306 Materials & Methods for Teaching Math in Elementary Schools EDCI 573 Math Curriculum & Instruction II: Geometry & Algebra EDCI 572 Math Curriculum & Instruction I: Number System; Ratios & Proportions; Statistics & Probability EDCI 571 Scope and Methods of Middle School Math
Expertise
STEM Clinical Teaching Supervision
Research Focus / Works in Progress
Mathematics education; urban STEM education; culturally responsive math teaching; math teacher self-efficacy; qualitative research methods
Leadership
Faculty Fellow, Maryland Collaborative for Research in Urban STEM Education, 2020-23 Reviewer, Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2024-Present Reviewer, Journal for Multicultural Education, 2025-Present
Impact
Selected Publications
Terrell Shockley, E., Ellis, V., & Ivy, K. K. It’s not rocket science: Lessons learned from HBCUs and PWIs on the recruitment and retention of African American STEM students. Urban Education. [Submitted for publication]
Terrell Shockley, E., Ellis, V., Ivy, K. K. (2024). Perspectives of Black female STEM majors: Culturally responsive online teaching practices among higher education institutions. Journal for Multicultural Education, 19(1), 28-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/JME-08-2024-0095
Ivy, K. K. (2023). This is the remix: A math teacher's reflective journey through fine-tuning her culturally relevant teaching (Publication No. 30486302). [Doctoral thesis]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
Terrell Shockley, E., Ivy, K. K., & Peters, M. (2020). Culturally relevant pedagogy and connectivism: Interdisciplinary literacy in linguistically diverse STEM classrooms at the middle grades. In S. Stacki, M. Caskey, & S. Mertens (Eds.), Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Intersecting New Needs and New Approaches. Information Age Publishing.
Ivy, K. K., Stoltz, A., Buli, T., Goffney, I., & Terrell Shockley, E. (2019, November). Teacher candidates' understanding of equitable mathematics teaching [Published Paper Presentation]. In Otten, S., Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. University of Missouri. https://www.pmena.org/pmenaproceedings/PMENA%2041%202019%20Proceedings.pdf.
Selected Presentations
Ivy, K. K. (2025). CRP changed me: A Black mathematics teacher’s change in practice while implementing culturally relevant pedagogy.American Educational Research Association Conference, Denver, Colorado
Ivy, K. K. (2024). In educational stakeholders voices: Black middle school students’ perspectives of culturally responsive mathematics teaching. American Educational Research Association Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ivy, K. K., Buli, T. (2023). How a culturally relevant mathematics educator cares for her students through high expectations. 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Selected Grants
Department of Education. (2025). Katherine G. Johnson Math Teacher Training Institute.
Recognitions
Faculty Scholar of Promise Award, UDC’s College of Arts and Sciences, 2024
Invited Participations
Terrell Shockley, E., Ellis, V., & Ivy, K. K. (2024). It’s not rocket science: Lessons learned from HBCUs and PWIs on the recruitment and retention of African American STEM students. National HBCU Week Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Ivy, K. K. (2024). Math impacts us all. The University of the District of Columbia’s Opening Professional Development, Washington, D.C.
Ivy, K. K. (2024). Empowering futures (The STEM effect). The Median Society with Anthony Mitchell Podcast.
Ivy, K. K. (2024). Keynote address. Girls Who Code Graduation, Leesburg, Virginia.
Ivy, K. K. (2024). What our best and brightest math educators can teach us about accelerating math proficiency in the District of Columbia. D.C. Math Summit, Washington, D.C.
Coleman, N., & Ivy, K. K. (2023). Make the math, Don’t let it make you.The Black Girl Tribe, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
