lori kelly 

nursing

assistant professor

biography

with research interests that include medication administration error reduction and reporting in nursing simulation, lori comes to lipscomb with years of experience from all over the country. she was born and raised in michigan and will forever be a wolverine, but she has lived in many areas of the country, including washington dc; cincinnati, ohio; los angeles, california, and for the last decade or so, nashville. she received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the university of michigan, a master's degree in nursing at bowie state university, and a master in business administration at thomas more university.  she received her doctorate in education from the university of alabama. lori comes to lipscomb most recently from middle tennessee state university where she was on faculty in their school of nursing. she enjoys and greatly misses live music and has many concerts to make up, hopefully sooner rather than later. she enjoys road biking, anything that includes water or dogs.