Kendra Holmes
(352) 642-6005
Kendraful@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Masters of English Literature (May
2012)
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
Major: English
Specialization: Children’s
Literature
GPA: 3.94
Bachelor of Psychology cum
Laude (May 2010)
University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
Minor: English
GPA: 3.50
Area of Concentration
1
Concentration:
The intersections of the Human and Machine in Children’s Literature or the Post
–human in 21st Century Literature
2
Focus:
Late 20th and Early 21th Century English Children’s Literature
ACADEMIC
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Graduate School Diversity Enhancement
Fellowship (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)
5,000
Fellowship award covering academic school year.
Graduate School Diversity Enhancement Fellowship
(Summer 2011)
$2,500 Fellowship
award covering academic school year.
Graduate School Diversity Enhancement Fellowship (Fall
2010- Spring 2011)
$5,000 Fellowship
award covering academic school year.
Board
of Education Fellowship (Summer
2010)
100%
tuition, books and fees paid for
Dean’s List (Fall 2008-Fall 2009)
Florida
Opportunity Scholar (Summer 2006-May 2010)
Awarded for high academic
achievement among first-generation college
students
Ebony
Scholar (Summer
2006-May 2010)
Awarded to the top
African-Americans in the State of Florida
Florida
Academic Scholar (2006-2009)
100% tuition paid for and
subsidies on book fees
TEACHING
University of
Florida Writing Program ENC 1102 (Spring 2012)
Argument and
Persuasion: The Rhetoric of the Post 9/11 Era
University of
Florida Writing Program two sections of ENC 1101 (Fall 2011)
Expository and
Argumentative Writing: The Image of the Child
University of Florida English
Department ENC 2210 (Summer
2011)
Technical Communication in the
Twenty First Century
University of Florida Writing
Program ENC 1102 (Spring
2011)
Argument and Persuasion
University of Florida Writing
Program ENC 3254 (Spring
2011)
Professional Communication
University of Florida Writing
Program ENC 1101 (Fall
2010)
Expository and Argumentative
Writing
University of Florida Writing
Program ENC 3254 (Fall
2010)
Professional Communication for
Engineers
Urban Youth Impact (Summer 2009)
Mentor: Taught inner-city middle
school & high school children critical thinking skills, reading, and
writing.
Camp counselor: Leader for elementary girls
Administration director:
1
Oversaw
activity planning and funding for Urban Youth Impact
2
Wrote
and sent out letters to people to aid in funding for the program
3
Kept
in contact with other leaders throughout the community and arranged for
meetings with the staff of Urban Youth Impact
4
Directed
construction, organizational planning, and vision casting for our program
Tutor, Harvest Baptist
Inner-city Program
(Fall 2008-Spring 2009)
Taught
inner-city boys and girls reading and writing skills
PUBLICATIONS
Article: Journal of
Interdisciplinary Humanities (Fall
2010 pending)
"Reform,
Nationalism, and War: Investigating a Russian Boyhood from the pages of Up from
serfdom my Childhood and youth in Russia".
Book
Review: Kid Lit at UF a Web Blog (Fall 2010)
“The Hidden Adult”
Book Review:
Lion and the Unicorn Publishing Press (under revision)
“Shakespeare,
Constructing Gendered Appropriate Children”
University of Florida’s Center
for Children’s Literature (Spring
2010)
- Web Blog: “Innovation, Manipulation and Experience”: An adult’s waste product is a child’s construction site.
- Mini Documentary: “Baldwin Library, Bluebeard throughout the 19th Century”
CONFERENCES
AND PROFESSIONAL PAPERS
Presenter, International Fantastic
of the Arts (Spring
2012)
“The
Inflicted Self in Robin McKinley’s Deerskin:
Broken Psyches, Fragmented Bodies and Re-envisioned Identities”
Presenter, English Graduate
Organization Conference (Fall
2011)
“Children’s
Literature: What’s so Childish about it”
Presenter and Moderator,
Children’s Literature Association (Summer
2011)
“Reform, Nationalism,
and War: Investigating the Russian Childhood from the pages of Up from Serfdom:
My Childhood and Youth in Russia”
Presenter, International
Fantastic of the Arts (Fall
2010)
“Marketing
the Child as Commodity: Invasiveness of Technology in M.T. Anderson’s Feed”
Moderator and Coordinator,
English Graduate Organization (Fall
2010)
Here,
There and Back Again: Allusions, Adaptations and Appropriations
Attendee,
English Graduate Organization Conference (Fall 2009)
Homesickness, Desire, Decay,
& the Seduction of Nostalgia
RESEARCH
Research Assistant for Dr.
Kenneth Rice
University of Florida
Psychology
department (Summer 2007)
Worked
in his counseling lab, read and analyzed essays, and encoded data
FOREIGN
STUDY
French Language (8 years, read fluently)
Russian
Culture & Literature (3
years)
COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Mission
Trips University
of South Florida Spring, North Carolina State University, Kennesaw
State University Spring, (Spring
2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007)
1
Helped
clean a church and people’s houses
2
Helped
build a house
3
Helped
with outreach for new church leaders
4
Led
a bible study
5
Fed
the homeless
6
Collected
clothing for the homeless
7
Campus
evangelism
Gainesville Catholic Worker House (Spring
2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007)
1 Fed the homeless
Harvest
Baptist Inner-City Ministry Program (Spring
2009, Spring 2008, Spring 2007)
1 Tutored middle school boys and girls in English and taught
reading
2 Led a girls’ bible study
3 Collected and distributed food for needy families
4 Raised money to purchase school supplies for children
5 Raised money to allow children to go to Kids Across America Kamp
Professional
Organizations
Member,
Children’s Literature Association (Summer 2011-Summer 2012)
Executive at Large, English
Graduate Organization (Spring
2011 – Fall 2012)
Member, Children’s Cultural
Study and Reading Group (Fall
2010- Summer 2011)
Member, Marxist Reading Group (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)
EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES
Member, Gator Christian Life (Summer 2006-Spring 2010)
Small Group Leader
- Led Bible
studies
Worship team
- Played
guitar and drum for homegroup (Bible study group)
Mission Liaison
- Organized
and led mission trips for homegroup
Member, University of Florida
Quidditch Team (Fall
2009-Spring 2010)
Member, University of Florida
Ultimate Frisbee Team (Fall
2007-Fall 2009)
1
Intramural
Ultimate Frisbee Team Playoff Finalist (Fall 2009)
2 University
of Florida Women’s
Ultimate Frisbee Team (FUEL) (Fall 2008- Fall 2009)
3 Intramural Ultimate Frisbee Team
Semi-Champions (Fall 2008)
4 Ultimate Players Associate Club Sectionals
Finalist (Fall 2008)
5 Gainesville
Ultimate Frisbee League Champions (Summer 2008)
6 Intramural Ultimate Frisbee Team Semi-Champions
(Fall 2007)
Actress, Acrosstown Repertory
Theatre (Spring
2009)
“An
Evening with Samuel Beckett” – Directed by Sidney Homan
(Composed
of all Beckett’s best work including Waiting
for Godot and Happy Days)
