Curriculum Vitae for Kiala Givehand

Education

M.F.A., Mills College (English and Creative Writing &Poetry), May 2010
Concentrations: Poetry, Poetics, Book Art, Community Teaching, and Young Adult Literature

Ed.S., Nova Southeastern University (Curriculum, Instruction, & Technology), March 2002
Concentrations: Distance Education, Student Assessment & Evaluation, and Curriculum Design

M.S., Nova Southeastern University (English Education), March 2000
Concentrations: Creative Writing and Grant Writing

B.S., Florida State University (English Education), May 1996
Concentrations: Creative Writing and Technology Integration

Entrepreneurial & Creative Ventures    

Co-owner of Healing Arts Creative Studio, LLC., 2018 to Present
Owner of KialaGivehand.com, 2011 to Present
Founding Editor of Generations: A Journal of Ideas & Images, 2009 to Present (on Hiatus Until late 2021)

Teaching Experience

• Art Walk Alchemy with Mystic Springs Art, 2020 & 2021
  
• Life Book Online with Tamara Laporte, 2019 & 2021
  
• Wanderlust with Kasia and Jamie Avery, Online 2019
• The Art of Magic Online Retreat with Galia Alena, 2019
• Book of Days with Effy Wild, Online 2019
• The Art of Sisterhood with Kara Bullock, In Person and Online, 2018
• In The Stars with Hali Karla, Online 2018
• 21 Secrets: emBODY Online Course with Connie Solera, 2017
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Mills College, August 2011 – 2015
• English Instructor, Diablo Valley College, August 2011 – 2014
• Online Adjunct English Instructor, Rasmussen College, December 2007 – 2011 
• Online Adjunct Professor, Argosy University, January 2009 – December 2011
• Summer English Teacher, Mills Educational Talent Search (METS), July – August 2011
• English Team Leader/Online English Instructor, Insight School Wisconsin – Apollo Group, Inc., August 2007 – February 2009 
• Adjunct Professor for Early College Program, Florida Community College, 2007 - 2008
• Adjunct Professor for Educator Preparation Institute (Teach First Coast), Florida Community College, 2006 – 2007
• Lead Teacher/English Instructor, Florida Community College – Pathways Academy, August 2006 – August 2007
• Adjunct Professor of English Composition, Nova Southeastern University, 2001 – 2007
• Online Adjunct Instructor, Westwood College Online, 2005 – 2007
• Online English Instructor, Florida Virtual School, 2003 – 2004
• Adjunct Professor of English Composition, Broward Community College, January – August 2003
• Reading Coach, Blanche Ely High School, 2000
• English Instructor, McFatter Technical High School, 1999 – 2000
• English Teacher, Coral Springs Middle School 1997 – 1999

Curriculum Development Projects

• Executive Editor, Cengage Learning TeamUP Program Portal Project, 2011 to 2016
• Freelance Curriculum Consultant 2001 to Present
• Reading and Writing Workshop Course Developer/Subject Matter Expert, Insight School Wisconsin, 2008
• Introduction to Mythology Course Developer/Subject Matter Expert, Insight Schools Wisconsin, 2008
• Teach American History Grant Curriculum Consultant, 2008 to January 2009
• Pathways Academy Curriculum Consultant/Developer, 2005 to 2006
• Broward County Public Schools Secondary Language Arts Online Curriculum, 2004 to 2005
• Springboard Curriculum Writer, 2003 to 2004
• Florida Virtual School 7th Grade Language Arts Online Curriculum, 2003 to 2005
• Sports, Recreation, Entertainment & Marketing Curriculum for English I and II, 2002
• Middle School Instructional Focus Calendar Activities Level One, 2002
• Middle School Language Arts Curriculum Guide, 2001

Presentations and Workshops Delivered

• Implementation Training for The Brief Wadsworth Handbook, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH May 2012
  
• Implementation Training for Keys to Successful Writing and College Writer, Rowan Cabarrus College, Charlotte, NC April 2012
  
• Navigating the Literary Landscape: Tips for Publishing in Literary Journals, DASOTA Writers’ Festival, March 2012
  
• Helping Students See the Big Picture: A Panoramic View of Writing & Technology, TeamUp Faculty Programs February 2012
  
• Socratic Questioning as an Active Learning Strategy in the Composition Classroom, Asheville, NC, November 2011
  
• Creative Thinking Through Technology: Five Strategies to Promote and Support Critical Thinking, Webinar, October 2011
  
• Social Media for Educators: Five Easy Steps to Building an Engaging Web Presence, IAPCS, October 2011
  
• The Art of Engagement: Six Creative Ways to Motivate the Adult Learner, Baldwin Park, CA, UEI Faculty In-Service July 2011
  
• Strategies for Reining In Teacher Technology Tools, Nashville, TN, Cengage Learning National Conference June 2011
  
• The Business of Being An Artist: One Year After the MFA, Oakland, CA, April 1, 2011 – Mills College
  
• Revision VS. Editing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, March 2011 – Cengage Learning Team Up Regional Conference
  
• Community Teaching Project, Oakland, CA, April 10, 2010 – Women’s Leadership Conference at Mills College
  
• Poetry Workshop, Berkeley, CA, 04-13-2009 to 05-18-2009 – 6-week workshop at Berkeley Technology Academy 
  
• Teaching in the Community – Part 2, Oakland, CA, 11-15-08. Workshop
  
• Teaching in the Community – Part 1, Oakland, CA, 11-01-08. Presentation/Workshop
  
• Introduction to PodCasting, Jacksonville, FL, 09-25-07; 11-13-07; 01-28-08. Presentation/Workshop
  
• Introduction to Mac, Jacksonville, FL, 09-14-07; 10-02-07; 10-18-07; 11-06-07. Presentation/Workshop
  
• Serve & Learn: Service Learning Writing Workshop, Jacksonville, FL 2007. “Understanding the Writing Process.”
  
• Florida Educational Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, 2003. Presentation: “Technology for Online Writing Assessment”
  
• 6 Traits of Writing Assessment Workshops delivered to Broward County Public School District from 1997 to 2003 (Plantation Middle School, Coral Springs Middle School, West Pine Middle School, Central Area Training Facility, Nova Human Resource Development Training Facility, McFatter High School, Margate Elementary School)
• South Florida Writing Project, 1999. Presentation: “Revision vs. Editing: Separate but Equal.”
  

Book Art Experience

• Classes.KialaGivehand.com -- a variety of Book Art Courses, 2012 to Present
• Book-in-a-Day: 52 Weeks of Books on YouTube, 2013
• Poetry and Book Art Workshop with 7th and 8th Graders at Orinda Intermediate School, June 2011
• Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA, Present
• Studio Assistant, Flying Fish Press, Berkeley, CA, May 2010 – February 2011 
• Teaching Assistant, Mills College Book Art Department, Oakland, CA, August 2010 – December 2010 
• Goes Without Saying: A Collaborative Broadside Project with Artist Lyall Harris, Oakland, CA, Spring 2010
• Contemporary Bookbinding Course with Julie Chen, Mills College, Oakland, CA, Spring 2010
• Book in the Edition (A Letterpress Class) with Kathy Walkup, Mills College, Oakland, CA, Spring 2010
• Traditional Bookbinding Course with Julie Chen, Mills College, Oakland, CA, Fall 2009

Readings / Performances

• California College of the Arts Reading for Eleven Eleven Literary Journal Issue 12, San Francisco, CA April 13, 2012
  
• Lyrics & Dirges Monthly Reading Series, Berkeley, CA March 21, 2012
  
• Mills College Faculty Reader for Works In Progress (WIP), Oakland, CA, February 28, 2012
  
• Cancer Sucks Benefit Poetry Reading, Actual Café, Oakland, CA, August 5, 2011
  
• Cave Canem Fellow Reading, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, June 24, 2011
  
• SF Grotto Reading, Book Passages, San Francisco, CA, June 3, 2011 
  
• Black Hat Reading with Oakland School for the Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA, April 25, 2011, 
  
• Hold the Light: A Benefit for Haiti and Chile, Oakland, CA, April 30, 2010
  
• Works in Progress Reading with Featured Poet Truong Tran, Mills College, Oakland, CA, April 27, 2010
  
• Optical Sound: A Letterpress Concert, Eucalyptus Press, Oakland, CA, April 9, 2010
  
• Kaleidoscope Reading Series with Featured Writer Patricia Powell, San Francisco, CA, February 26, 2010
  
• Final Class Reading, Bender Room at Mills College, Oakland, CA, December 2009
  
• Final Class Reading, World Ground Café – Sponsored by Mills College, Oakland, CA, December 2009
  
• LitCrawl, Marsh Café – Sponsored by Small Press Distribution, San Francisco, CA, October 2009
  

Publications

• “A Southern Belle’s Glory Box” appears in the 12th issue of Eleven Eleven
  
• “Militant” appears in the 12th issue of Eleven Eleven
  
• “The Buried Encounter” a book review, appears in the June 2011 edition of Jacket 2 
  
• “Grandma’s Almanac” appears in Volume 26, Number 3 of Calyx: A Journal for Women
  
• “New Lit Generation” appears in the Small Press Distribution Spring 2010 Catalog, p. 4
  
• “Young Americans” appears in The Campanil Online May 4, 2009 – Online Exclusive
  
• “Slam Poets” appears in The Campanil Volume 93 Number 8 May 4, 2009, p. 7
  
• “Film Screening” appears in The Campanil Volume 93 Number 5 March 16, 2009, p. 4
  
• “Estria Miyashiro” appears in The Campanil Volume 92 Number 11 Feb. 17, 2009 p. 6
  
• “Packed Reading” appears in The Campanil Volume 92 Number 8 Dec. 8, 2008, p. 9
  
• “Beauty Salon” appears in Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem by Wendy Bishop, 1999, pp. 42 – 43
  

Awards and Fellowships

• Cave Canem Fellowship, Summer 2012 Retreat, University of Pittsburgh, June 17 – 27, 2012
  
• Cave Canem Fellowship, Summer 2011 Retreat, University of Pittsburgh, June 19 – 26, 2011
  
• Penland School of Crafts, Winter Residency for Artists and Writers, Penland, NC. January 2011
  
• Graduate Commencement Speaker, Mills College 122nd Commencement, Oakland, CA., May 15, 2010
  
• Mike & Marilyn Mass Endowed Faculty Chair (Inaugural Recipient), Florida Community College, 2006 – 2007
  
• Top 9 Broward County Finalists for Teacher of the Year, Fort Lauderdale, FL., 1998
  
• Winner, First Year Teacher of the Year, Coral Springs Middle School, 1998
  

Community Service

• Member, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 1996 – Present
• Volunteer Mentor for the UMOJA program at Diablo Valley College, August 2012 - 2014
• Volunteer in the Literary Arts Department at Oakland School of the Arts, 2011 – 2015 
• Coordinator, Community Teaching Project at Mills College, May 2010 – August 2011
• Facilitator, eXposed Writing Group and Rise & Fly, Youth to the Future, Inc., Jacksonville, FL. 2005 – 2008
• Mentor, Pathways Academy, 2006 – 2008
• Judge, ACTSO Youth Program, NAACP, Jacksonville, FL. Branch, 2007 – 2008 
• Coach & Performance Choreographer, Blanche Ely High School Girls Step Team (Ladies of Intrigue), 1999 – 2005
• Troop Leader, Girl Scouts, Tallahassee, FL., 1994 – 1996
• Active Member, Black Student Union, Florida State University, 1992 – 1996
• Active Member, Tallahassee Urban League, Tallahassee, FL., 1992 – 1996
• Seminole Ambassador, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL., 1995 – 1996

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