Shelley Kimball

At Johns Hopkins, Shelley Kimball is an Associate Program Director and Senior Lecturer for the MA in Communication program.

Kimball’s areas of research expertise are large-scale qualitative methods and media law. Her legal research focuses on government transparency and access to government information. Her research has appeared in Communication Law and Policy, Government Information Quarterly, the Journal of Media Law and Ethics, and the Newspaper Research Journal.

Prior to coming to Johns Hopkins University, she was the vice president of research and program evaluation for a nonprofit that served military families. Kimball presented research at the White House, on Capitol Hill, and at the Pentagon, where it was used to shape policy and decision-making affecting military families. Her research has been reported on by The Washington Post, CNN, CBS, C-SPAN, Reuters, and the Associated Press, among others.

Kimball has taught at George Washington University, the University of Florida, American University, and the University of South Alabama.

She earned a PhD in mass communication from the University of Florida.