Kelsey L. Smoot they/them/theirs
E: kelseyLsmoot@gmail.com
EDUCATION 08/2017 - Present (Anticipated 2022)
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 Present
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 & Mary
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS 02/2021
“Disruptions and Eruptions” Interdisciplinary Feminist Conference Panelist/Poetry Reading, Penn State University | Remote | Zoom
PRESENTATIONS & PANELS
CONTINUED
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 01/2019 - 03/2019 01/2019
Diversity and Equity Planning Committee Member American Studies Program, College of William & Mary Arts & Sciences Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Task Force Member Teaching and Learning Advisory Team, Workshop Participant College of William & Mary
UNIVERSITY SERVICE 12/2012
CONTINUED
Director Search Committee Participant, Women’s Resources and Research Center, University of California Davis
AWARDS, GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS 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 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’
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