As the Undergraduate Program Administrator for the Department of Art and Archaeology, Kelly Lake provides academic and financial administration to the Department’s Manager of Finance and Administration, the Director of Undergraduate Studies, and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Princeton University, and the A&A faculty members, and A&A undergraduate students. You may reach out to her with questions about the A&A’s undergraduate course offerings, undergraduate programs, and majoring in Art and Archaeology.

In 2017, Kelly began her career with Princeton University as a Contract Specialist within Finance and Treasury. Since then, she has held undergraduate administrative positions with the Department of History and the Department of English programs, and as the Undergraduate Program Manager for the Department of Anthropology program. In August 2024, Kelly transitioned to her current position in the Department of Art and Archaeology.

Kelly received her bachelor’s in English from Skidmore College where she had studied art history and painting for a summer in Florence, Italy. She holds an advanced certificate in acting from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC, and she completed her master’s in fine arts with honors from The Actors’ Studio at the New School as a member of their inaugural class. After a career as an actor, director, dramaturg, and as an educator of English, creative writing, and acting technique in theater and film in university and college programs in the NY and Philly area, she returned to school and obtained her paralegal certificate with honors. 

When she isn’t supporting the students and faculty of Princeton, you can find her spending time with her family, cheering her twins on the soccer pitch, the golf course, and in the orchestra pit.