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Holden Dillman

Holden Dillman

Education

Master’s in Social Work, University of Louisville
Bachelor’s in Sustainable Community Development, Berea College

holden.dillman@uky.edu

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Teaching Interests

  • Clinical and direct practice
  • Gender and sexuality
  • Human behavior and the social environment
  • Psychopathology
  • Social justice

Research Interests

  • Body politics
  • Care work and labor justice
  • Ecosocial work
  • Embodiment and somatics
  • Integrative health

Presentations

  • Loeffler, D.N., Pope, N.D., Adesiyan, R., Akomolafe, E., Dillman, H., Fields, C., Fitisone, K., Mountain, D., Rooks, D., Shahrjooihaghighi, E., & Willis-Nichols, R. (Accepted). Natural disaster and organizational responses: Rural service provider experiences in Kentucky’s 2022 flood-affected counties. Council on Social Work Education 70th Annual Program Meeting. Kansas City, MO.
  • Pope, N.D., Loeffler, D.N. Adesiyan, R., Akomolafe, E., Dillman, H., Fields, C., Fitisone, K., Mountain, D., Rooks, D., Shahrjooihaghighi, E., & Willis-Nichols, R. (Accepted). Engaging students as co-researchers: Implications for experiential and anti-oppressive teaching and pedagogy. Council on Social Work Education 70th Annual Program Meeting. Kansas City, MO.
  • Showalter, K., Dillman, H., Li, Levone, & Rooks, D. (2024, April). Policy is fun: Reducing researchers’ repulsion. Resilience Conference- Hot Panel Submission. Nashville, TN.
  • Adesiyan, R., Akomolafe, E., Dillman, H., Fields, C., Fitisone, K., Mountain, D., Rooks, D., Shahrjooihaghighi, E., & Willis-Nichols, R. (2024, March). Scholarship of teaching and learning in action: Example from a qualitative research course. Kentucky Association of Social Work Education Annual Conference. Lexington, KY.
  • Owens, J., & Dillman, H. (2020, September). Healing Trauma with Ecotherapy Practices [Webinar]. 2nd International Forest Therapy and Wellbeing Summit, Hosted by the Forest Therapy Institute.

Bio

Holden (he/they) has a background in environmental science, community development, and integrative mental health and is eager to make significant contributions as a Ph.D. student at the University of Kentucky. Their clinical practice and research expertise focus on the intersections of self, systems, and somatics. Born and raised in Appalachia, Holden is committed to advocating for the accessibility of knowledge that affords embodied liberation to individuals, groups, and communities. When Holden is not meditating on how to love the world into positive change, he enjoys cooking with his partner, playing with their 100-pound dog Dewayne, and training with a local modern dance company.