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