Kellyn Holliday

Kellyn Holliday is a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor for the School of Social Work at UMSL. Her areas of focus are affordable housing as well as funding for non-profits and government agencies. She teaches seminar courses for undergraduate and graduate students for their corresponding BSW and MSW programs.

She has partaken in community service for many years, and is currently still a member of several organizations such as PreventED and Circle of Care. Since 2016, she has secured over 5 million dollars in grants for programs for assessing any and all needs of residents of the conventional Public Housing or Indian housing for the ROSS Service Coordinator Grant. Kellyn was awarded the BFL Star award from Better Family Life in 2017 and has several professional memberships that she is active in, such as the Society of Social Work Research and the American Evaluation Association.

Courses Taught

SOCWRK 3410: Research Design in Social Work
SOCWRK 5410: Critical Thinking and Analysis

Education

MSW, Washington University in St. Louis (2015)
BSW, University of Missouri-St. Louis (2014)

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Holliday, K. (2015). 30 Years of change, the evolution of neighborhood dynamics within Ferguson and surrounding municipalities. Unpublished manuscript, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.

See Kellyn Holliday's CV for a complete list of publications, as well as professional presentations.

Social Work Experience

2021-2023: Director of Resident and Community Engagement for the St. Louis Housing Authority
2015-2020: Assistant Director of Public Housing for the Housing Authority of St. Louis County
2011-2017: Shelter Staff for the Grace & Peace Winter Shelter