Kelsey L. Smoot they/them/theirs he/him/his A: 963 Ponce De Leon Ave NE, Unit 201, Atlanta, GA 30306 M: 786.831.9433 E: kelseyLsmoot@gmail.com
EDUCATION 08/2017 – Present (Anticipated 2024)
College of William & Mary Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), American Studies
08/2015 – 12/2016
University of Miami Master of Arts (MA), Liberal Studies
09/2011 – 09/2014
University of California, Davis Bachelor of Arts (MA), Sociology Concentration: African and African American Studies
APPOINTMENTS 2023
Remote Graduate Fellow Arts & Sciences Equality Lab, College of William & Mary
2022
Graduate Assistant Arts & Sciences Graduate Center, College of William and Mary
2021
Teaching Assistant Williamsburg Documentary Project, College of William and Mary
2020
Teaching Assistant Cinema and the Modernization of US Culture, College of William and Mary
2019
Teaching Assistant Williamsburg Documentary Project, College of William and Mary
2018 – 2019
Oral History Graduate Assistant Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
2017 – 2018
Equality Graduate Research Fellow William & Mary LGBTIQ Research Project, College of William and Mary
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS 09/2023
“Queer & Peace”, Guest Speaker, Dawson College | Montreal, Quebec
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS Continued 11/2022
“Queer and Trans Issues In the South: Activism and Research” Panelist, Southern Historical Association Conference | Baltimore, MD
10/2022
DBLAC (Digital Black Lit & Composition) “Frottage: A Conversation With K’eguro Macharia And Kelsey Smoot, Facilitator, University of Pittsburgh | Remote | Zoom
02/2022
“Black Lives Matter : Becoming a better ally to the Black Community”, Panelist, North Carolina State University | Remote | Zoom
07/2021
“Face Card: A Discussion of Makeup and Gender Identity”, Co-Facilitator GrubsStreet | Remote | Zoom
02/2021
“Disruptions and Eruptions” Interdisciplinary Feminist Conference Panelist/Poetry Reading, Penn State University | Remote | Zoom
06/2020
“Gender Diversity and Inclusion Training for DAISA Enterprises LLC” Educational Facilitation and Training Remote | Zoom
04/2019
“Forbidden, Forgotten, Erased: Exposing Absences Colloquium”, Panelist/Paper Presentation, University of Maryland | College Park, MD
11/2018
“Commonwealth Graduate Education Day”, Panelist, Longwood University | Farmville, VA
10/2018
“I Am My Ancestors’ Wildest Dreams”: Contemporary Cultures of Black Impossibility, Panelist/Paper Presentation, Princeton University | Princeton, NJ
08/2018
“Graduate Studies at William & Mary”, Panelist, College of William & Mary | Williamsburg, VA
01/2018
“Queer & Peace”, Guest Speaker, Dawson College | Montreal, Quebec
11/2017
“Commonwealth Graduate Education Day”, Panelist, University of Virginia/ Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church, VA
02/2017
“Thinking about Gender”, Co-Facilitator, Miami Worker’s Center | Miami, FL
10/2016
“LadyFest, Opening Plenary”, Panelist, MADE At the Citadel | Miami, FL
05/2015
“Traveling While Black”, Panelist, University of California Davis | Davis, CA
03/2012
“Queer Relationships and Student Life”, Panelist, University of California Davis | Davis, CA
UNIVERSITY SERVICE 03/2018 – Present
Diversity and Equity Planning Committee Member American Studies Program, College of William & Mary
01/2019 – 03/2019
Arts & Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Task Force Member College of William & Mary
UNIVERSITY SERVICE Continued 01/2019
Teaching and Learning Advisory Team, Workshop Participant College of William & Mary
12/2012
Direct or Search Committee Participant, Women’s Resources and Research Center, University of California Davis
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS 08/2023
Honeybee Prize In Poetry, First Place, “For Kenny”, The GoodLife Review
10/2022
American Studies Program Travel Award, College of William & Mary
07/2022
Pushcart Prize Nominee, “For Fat Black Girls Denied,” Snarl: A Journal of Literature and Art
07/2021
Spring 2021 Poetry Contest, First Place, Sad Girls Club Literary Blog
05/2020
Dean’s Prize for Student Scholarship on Women, Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, College of William & Mary
04/2019
American Studies Program Travel Award, College of William & Mary
10/2018
American Studies Program Travel Award, College of William & Mary
2018 – 2019
Social Justice and Diversity Fellowship, College of William & Mary
2017 – 2019
Graduate Studies Recruitment Fellowship, College of William & Mary
2017 – 2019
Program Departmental Scholarship, University of Miami
2011 – 2012
Linda Francis Alexander Scholars Program, University of California Davis
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIPS 07/2016
MCCJ Metrotown Summer Camp (Social Justice Program) Advisor Miami, FL
10/2015 – 12/2015
Equality Florida (LGBT Rights Organization) Development Intern Hollywood, FL
09/2014 – 06/2015
The Video Project/Specialty Studios, LLC (Documentary Distribution Company) Operations Manager San Francisco, CA
06/2013 – 09/2014
UC Davis Student Community Center Building Manager, Davis, CA
04/2012 – 06/2013
UC Davis Women’s Resources and Research Center Community Intern, Davis, CA
ONLINE LITERARY & POPULAR PUBLICATIONS 11/2023
Voicemail Poems, Digital Literary Press, “After Sula”
10/2023
Nappy Head Club, Arts & Culture Publication, The Potential of (new) Masculinity: Finding Belonging in a Soft-Boi Era
09/2023
The Smart Set Magazine, Arts & Culture Publication, “In The Case of A Failing Friendship, Don’t Settle—Breakup: Advice For The Shedding Season”
08/2023
Scalawag, News/Media Publication, “The Perfect Present for my Black and Trans Inner Child”
08/2023
The Good Life Review, Digital Literary Press, “For Kenny”
07/2023
Scalawag, News/Media Publication, “Dark Matter”
06/2023
Scalawag, News/Media Publication, “How To Survive a G*rlhood”, “Maxx Puts Their Arm Around Me In The Uber Ride Home”
01/2023
Refinery29//R29Unbothered, News/Media Publication, “I’m Black, Trans & I Refuse To Defend My Plans For Parenthood
11/2022
Snarl: A Journal of Literature and Art , Digital and Print Literary Press, ‘For Fat Black Girls Denied’
06/2022
Barely South Review, Digital Literary Press, ‘Vicarious’
04/2022
HuffPost, News/Media Publication, “If You Think My Pronouns Are Optional, We Can’t Keep Being Friends”
07/ 2021
Sad Girls Club Literary Blog, Digital Literary Press, ‘The Body (in theory)’
03/2021
Ordinary Madness, Digital Literary Press, ‘the body//an archive’, ‘A memoir’
12/2020
New York Times International Newspaper, Tiny Love Stories: ‘Seeing Myself Looking Back’
12/2020
Twyckenham Notes, Digital Literary Press, ‘Transitory’, ‘A Habitude...A Fortitude’
11/2020
High Shelf Press, Digital and Print Literary Press, ‘Salutations’
07/2020
The Guardian, International Newspaper Op-ed: ‘Juneteenth - not the Fourth of July - was the real Independence Day’
06/2020
The Guardian, International Newspaper Op-ed: ‘White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice?’
05/2020
The Moving Force Journal, Digital Literary Press, ‘Linguicism’
02/2020
PhD Balance, Online Academic Resource, ‘Reflection and Realizations’
08/2019
Bottom Shelf Whiskey, Digital Literary Press, ‘Borrowed Time’
07/2019
Poached Hare, Digital Literary Press, ‘Chasing’
ONLINE LITERARY & POPULAR PUBLICATIONS Continued 07/2019
Chaleur Magazine, Digital Literary Press, ‘Cut the Crust’
06/2019
Cathexis Northwest Press, Digital Literary Press, ‘Grad School and Other Manic Episodes’, ‘Framework’, ‘you can swim underwater, just don’t breathe in’
05/2019
Prometheus Dreaming, Digital Literary Press, ‘Hearse Deferred’
04/2018
Black Girl Does Grad School, Academic Resource Site, Guest Post: Black Boi Does Grad School—A Couple of tips for navigating the Bullshit
11/2017
The Body Is Not An Apology, Feminist/Social Justice Platform, How Do We Really See Each Other Across Identities?: Notes From A Queer Breakup