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Shakira Holt

Program Director
Shakira Holt
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email sholt@usc.edu

Biography

Shakira Holt is a USC Dornsife associate dean and director of its Office of Community Engagement. She is committed to leading the office into a new era of excellence based on values-aligned, people-first support that is thoughtfully tailored to Dornsife’s student, faculty, and staff populations. Having spent over twenty years as an educator, she gained perspective-shifting experience within the classroom as a teacher and course lead, as well as beyond the classroom as a curriculum specialist, dean of students, department chair, program coordinator, and district-level leader. She is a graduate of the USC Coaching Program and holds a level 1 certificate that is recognized by the International Coaching Federation. She is also a certified Lego Serious Play facilitator and a Hands-On Thinking Coach. Shakira earned her MA and PhD in English at USC and is proud to be an active part of the Dornsife and Trojan communities once again.         

 

Education

  • Ph.D. English, USC, 8/2009
  • Other Degree TED/Secondary Education, CSU Dominguez Hills, 12/2007
  • M.A. English, USC, 8/2002
  • B.A. English, CSU Dominguez Hills, 12/1999

  • Research, Teaching, Practice, and Clinical Appointments

    • Assistant Lecturer Writing Program , University of Southern California, 08/16/2000-08/15/2003

    Other Employment

    • 4th/5th Grade Combination Class Teacher, Tower of Faith Christian Academy, Compton, CA, 08/16/2003 – 08/15/2004
    • 9th Grade English Teacher, Carson High School, Carson, CA, 01/15/2000 – 05/15/2000
    • University Writing/English Tutor, CA State University, Dominguez Hills, 08/16/1997 – 08/15/1999
    • EOP&S Office Writing/English Tutor, El Camino College, Torrance, CA, 08/16/1998 – 12/13/1998

  • Essay

    • Holt, S. C.Deep Listening as Philogynoir: Playlists, Black Girl Idiom, and Love. Deep Listening as Philogynoir: Playlists, Black Girl Idiom, and Love. Sounding Out!: Sound Studies Bog, 2017.7/10/deep-listening-as-philogynoir-playlists-black.
    • Holt, S. C., Chien, C.Moonlight’s Orchestral Manoeuvers: A Duet by Shakira Holt and Christopher Chien. Moonlight’s Orchestral Manoeuvers: A Duet by Shakira Holt and Christopher Chien. Sounding Out!: Sound Studies Bog, 2017.
    • Holt, S. C.”I Love to Praise His Name”: Shouting as Feminine Disruption, Public Ecstasy, and Audio-Visual Pleasure. “I Love to Praise His Name”: Shouting as Feminine Disruption, Public Ecstasy, and Audio-Visual Pleasure. Sounding Out!: Sound Studies Blog, 2012.

    Cited Research

    • Holt, S. C.On Speaking Terms: Spirituality and Sensuality in the Tradition of Modern Black Female Intellectualism. On Speaking Terms: Spirituality and Sensuality in the Tradition of Modern Black Female Intellectualism.  ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 2009.
    • USC English Departmental Fellowship,
    • Irvine Advanced Year Fellowship,
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