Kimberly's Engagements
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Upcoming Events
March 15th, 2025
San Marco, California
Cal State San Marcos - Extended Learning
I'm teaching sociology of education for extended learning at Cal State San Marcos this semester. More to come...
April 12th, 2025
1:10pm - 4:10pm PST on Zoom
Hugo House: Making Meaning From Memory
Memories aren’t enough to make a memoir. To make a great story, we have to connect our memories to culture, to history, to zeitgeist—and then be as clear and specific about our unique perspectives as possible. In this generative workshop, we’ll open a number of creative doorways (and windows and portholes and tunnels) into meaning and discuss how and why they work. Participants will leave with at least twelve new prompts for mining memory and life stories for deeper meaning.
May 17th, 2025
1:10pm - 4:10pm PST on Zoom
Hugo House:Crimes and Perversions: Personal Writing About Heroics
Memoir (and other personal writing) most often focuses on the writer's memories and version of events - and in our own minds, we're usually pretty great. Still, complex storytelling requires that we're not always the heroes of our own stories. In this 3-hour workshop, we'll explore strategies for re-constructing memories of our own crimes and perversions, and how our actions and emotions may play out from the perspective of significant others in the story. We'll explore what to do with the disjunctures between personal narratives that carry social stigma or negative connotations and how to nuance personal and social interpretations for readers. We'll explore how to write about taboo topics
May 27-32, 2025
New York City
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity
I'm so pleased to be back at NCORE for two sessions this year. These are topics I offer as professional development year round too, FYI. Online or in person for your group or campus...
Reframing Conflict: Tools for Inclusive Campus Dialogue
Learning to Listen: How Classroom Patterns Affect Us All
July 12th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
This series focusing on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone)
July 18th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 2: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
July 26th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 3: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
August 2nd, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 4: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process.
Early Fall, 2025
Yoga is for Every Body Retreat
Near Toronto, Canada
This isn't solidified yet, but please let me know your interest. It'll be 5 days as usual and the retreat center hits that sweet spot between rustic-in-nature and very comfortable. In this retreat, we use daily gentle yoga, nature and writing/reflection/discussion activities to explore the stories we carry in our bodies. I used to offer two per year in Hawaii, and I'm coming back - possibly in Canada. Let me know if you'd like to join.
November 13-16, 2025
Puerto Rico
National Women's Studies Association Conference
I'm thrilled that the conference is back in Puerto Rico this year. I'll be there with amazing colleagues. More info to come.
San Marco, California
Cal State San Marcos - Extended Learning
I'm teaching sociology of education for extended learning at Cal State San Marcos this semester. More to come...
April 12th, 2025
1:10pm - 4:10pm PST on Zoom
Hugo House: Making Meaning From Memory
Memories aren’t enough to make a memoir. To make a great story, we have to connect our memories to culture, to history, to zeitgeist—and then be as clear and specific about our unique perspectives as possible. In this generative workshop, we’ll open a number of creative doorways (and windows and portholes and tunnels) into meaning and discuss how and why they work. Participants will leave with at least twelve new prompts for mining memory and life stories for deeper meaning.
May 17th, 2025
1:10pm - 4:10pm PST on Zoom
Hugo House:Crimes and Perversions: Personal Writing About Heroics
Memoir (and other personal writing) most often focuses on the writer's memories and version of events - and in our own minds, we're usually pretty great. Still, complex storytelling requires that we're not always the heroes of our own stories. In this 3-hour workshop, we'll explore strategies for re-constructing memories of our own crimes and perversions, and how our actions and emotions may play out from the perspective of significant others in the story. We'll explore what to do with the disjunctures between personal narratives that carry social stigma or negative connotations and how to nuance personal and social interpretations for readers. We'll explore how to write about taboo topics
May 27-32, 2025
New York City
National Conference on Race and Ethnicity
I'm so pleased to be back at NCORE for two sessions this year. These are topics I offer as professional development year round too, FYI. Online or in person for your group or campus...
Reframing Conflict: Tools for Inclusive Campus Dialogue
Learning to Listen: How Classroom Patterns Affect Us All
July 12th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
This series focusing on process and understanding how we frame what has happened to us in our lives, how we can use writing as a method of inquiry in order to access and enhance memory. We will spend no time polishing writing (in fact, I hope we write some things we'll never want to share with anyone)
July 18th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 2: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
July 26th, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 3: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process
August 2nd, 2025
10am - 12pm PST on Zoom
Session 4: Corporeal Writing Workshop - Memoir the process.
Early Fall, 2025
Yoga is for Every Body Retreat
Near Toronto, Canada
This isn't solidified yet, but please let me know your interest. It'll be 5 days as usual and the retreat center hits that sweet spot between rustic-in-nature and very comfortable. In this retreat, we use daily gentle yoga, nature and writing/reflection/discussion activities to explore the stories we carry in our bodies. I used to offer two per year in Hawaii, and I'm coming back - possibly in Canada. Let me know if you'd like to join.
November 13-16, 2025
Puerto Rico
National Women's Studies Association Conference
I'm thrilled that the conference is back in Puerto Rico this year. I'll be there with amazing colleagues. More info to come.
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