Kenna Bolton Holz

Dr. Kenna
Bolton Holz

(She/Her)
Professor, HBJD
Human Behav, Justice & Divsty
Gender Studies | Psychology
Email:
Phone: 715-394-8162
Office: Swenson Hall 3108
Curriculum Vitae/Resume

About

Kenna Bolton is a Licensed Psychologist, in both Wisconsin and Minnesota, with experience providing individual therapy and psychological assessments to adults in a variety of settings (outpatient, inpatient, partial inpatient, and residential). She teaches courses in Personality, Psychological Disorders, Psychological Assessment Diagnosis & Treatment, Theories of Psychotherapy, and Gender Society and Psychology. Her areas of knowledge include psychological disorders – etiology, diagnosis, assessment, treatment, and prevention; and feminist psychology – gender and sexual violence prevention.

Kenna has been involved in the following organizations:

  • Psi Chi
  • Alpha Sigma Nu
  • Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
  • Minneapolis VA Medical Center

When she not working, Kenna enjoys spending time with her family. She enjoys running, baking, reading, travel and movies.

Publications

  • Bolton Holz, K. (2010). Review of Women and depression: Recovery and resistance. Journal of Personality Assessment, 92, 375.
  • Bolton Holz, K. & DiLalla, D.L. (2007). Men’s fear of unintentional rape: Measure development and psychometric evaluation. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 8, 201-214.
  • Bolton Holz, K., Fischer, A.R., & Daood, C.J. (2018). The role of men’s beliefs in shaping theirresponse to a sexual violence prevention program. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 19, 308-doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/men0000091
  • Bolton Holz, K., & Hettinger, V.E. (2018). Much ado about “masculinity”: An exploration of the current state of men and masculinities research. Sex Roles, 78, 307-308. doi:10.1007/s11199-017-0827-y
  • Bolton Holz, K., & Pinnow, E. (2015). Self-selection effects in service-learning. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 15, 39-47.
  • Fischer, A.R., & Bolton Holz, K. (2010). Testing a model of women’s personal sense of justice, control, well-being, and distress in the context of sexist discrimination. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 34, 297-310
  • Fischer, A.R., & Bolton Holz, K. (2007). Perceived discrimination and women’s psychological distress: The roles of collective and personal self-esteem. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 54, 154-164.
  • Pinnow, E. & Bolton Holz, K. (2022). Disability is not a bad word: Equipping students to talk about disability and challenge ableism. In M. Fortner, & I. Katzarska-Miller. (Eds.), Empowering students as change agents in psychology courses (pp. 10-24). Society for the Teaching of Psychology. https://teachpsych.org/ebooks/empoweringstudents
  • Strom, T.Q. Leskela, J., James, L.M., Thuras, P.D., Voller, E., Weigel, R., Yutsis, M., Khaylis, A., Lindberg, J., & Bolton Holz, K. (2012). An exploratory examination of risk-taking behavior and PTSD symptom severity in a veteran sample. Military Medicine, 177, 390-396.

Education

  • 2009 – Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) – Adult Clinical Psychology, Southern Illinois University
  • 2006 – Master of Arts (M.A.) – Adult Clinical Psychology, Southern Illinois University
  • 2004 – Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – Psychology, Marquette University