Kelly Kehoe

Kelly Kehoe joined the faculty in the Department of Journalism & Public Relations in 2018. An expert in social media marketing, she’s worked as the marketing coordinator for the Orange County Register. Currently, she’s a social media marketer for Social5, creating advertising campaigns on social media platforms for clients from a variety of industries and researching, writing and editing SEO blog posts, landing page copy, and white papers.  

A former speech and debate competitor, Kehoe now coaches the debate team at Irvine Valley College. She’s presented multiple papers at the National Communication Association and Western States Communication Association. She also won top student paper awards at both the 2017 NCA Conference, in the American Studies division, and the 2018 NCA Conference, in the Intercultural and International Communication division.

Kehoe holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from University of California, Irvine, and a master’s degree in communication studies from CSULB.