Kellyn Holliday

Kellyn Holliday is an Assistant Teaching Professor, the Assistant Director of Field Education and the Live-Virtual Coordinator.  She teaches research and practicum seminar courses, manages the BSW practicum program and provides support to our Live-Virtual program. She received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and her BSW from UMSL.

Professor Holliday has more than 10+ years of working and consulting with public housing authorities and non-profits on various matters such as grant writing, program evaluation, organizational funding, board creation and oversight, and compliance with HUD rules and regulations. She also has extensive knowledge in the affordable housing sector, including Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Public Housing (PH), Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), and others. She has secured over $5 million dollars in grants for programs for assessing the needs of residents of the conventional Public Housing or Indian housing for the ROSS Service Coordinator Grant.

She is a board member of the Circle of Care and a member of the Florissant Vallent Citizens Participation Committee and also serves as a member of the PreventEd Advisory Board. In 2017, she was awarded the BFL Star Award from Better Family Life.

Professor Holliday holds memberships with the American Evaluation Association (AEA), Evaluation Association of St. Louis(Eval STL), Grant Professionals Association (GPA), and the Society of Social Work Researchers (SSWR).

She is mom to a wonderful young adult and loves to read and collect plants.

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 Unpublished manuscript, Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri.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