Matthew Gardner Kelly
mgardnerkelly.bsky.social
Matthew Gardner Kelly
@mgardnerkelly.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at UW. History and school finance. Book: Dividing the Public. Retweets are not endorsements. Opinions are my own. 🏳️‍🌈 Seattle, WA.

https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501773266/dividing-the-public/#bookTabs=1
We said goodbye to Rainn, just shy of 16. From a NYC shelter, he once ate rat poison, beat cancer multiple times, and never left our sides. With me through teaching, grad school, the pandemic, and academia. Grateful for every day we had, including his last. His adoption video: youtu.be/VBmptgBgZms
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
OAH was a bright moment in an otherwise troubled time. We had a great session, I was honored to receive DeSantis Book Prize from SHGAPE for Dividing the Public, and I got to see Myra Armstead--a phenomenal historian, my undergraduate adviser, and the person who convinced me to become a historian!
April 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Not to be dramatic (but somehow not dramatic enough)
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is Rainn.
November 13, 2024 at 1:33 AM
It’s pub day for my new book, Dividing the Public: School Finance and the Creation of Structural Inequity! If you have the means, you can purchase the book here bit.ly/dividingthep...  The eBook is open-access as well. Thread below.  #AcademicSky #EduSky 🗃️
January 15, 2024 at 3:15 PM
My book doesn’t officially come out until January 15, but I’m hearing that some people have already had their copies delivered! You can order it now on Amazon, Bookshop, or wherever you get your histories of educational inequality. Thanks for reading! bookshop.org/p/books/divi...
December 23, 2023 at 3:27 PM