QUALIFICATION SUMMARY

•  Twenty-plus years of community college level teaching and lecturing experience
• Twenty-five-plus years of editing experience
• Twenty-five-plus years of group facilitation experience in California communities
• Areas of teaching competence: Advanced Composition, College Composition, College Writing, Literature and Composition, Practical Communication, Developmental Writing, Writing Skills, Creative Writing, College Literary Magazine, Service Learning, and Children’s Literature
• Computer literacy: MS Office Suite, Adobe Design Suite, Googledocs and Google Classroom, Blackboard, D2L, Canvas, Turnitin, VeriCite, WordPress, and internet research and website development tools

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Professor, Multi-level Composition, Creative Writing, and Literature Courses, Cosumnes River College, January 2002 to Present
• Professor, Creative Writing, Sacramento City College, Summers of 2002 to 2006
• Professor, Reading and Writing Center, Cosumnes River College, January 2004 to May 2004, Summer 2004, and Fall 2006 to Present
• Participant, Accelerated and Developmental Writing and College Writing Holistic Grading Sessions, Cosumnes River College

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Coordinator, Tahoe/Colonial Collaborative, Colonial Park Arts and Recreation Effort, Sacramento, CA, September 2006 to 2011 (Volunteer)
• Program Coordinator, Center for Collaborative Planning, Public Health Institute, Sacramento, CA, October 1997 to June 2006

EDUCATION

• Masters, English, Writing Emphasis, California State University, Sacramento
• Bachelor of Arts, English, University of California, Davis

SPECIAL COURSEWORK & WORKSHOPS

• “Foundations of Canvas 2.0: Introduction to Course Design,” April 10-May 6, 2023
• “Composition for Career Readiness,” March 28, 2023
• “The Importance of Relationships,” March 27, 2023
• “Facilitating Successful Peer Review in Online Classes,” March 21, 2023
• “Engagement Strategies: Choice Boards, ABC Graffiti, Jigsaw, Think-Pair-Share, Word Clouds, Gallery Walk,” March 20, 2023
• “Promoting Rhetorical Decision-Making,” March 14, 2023
• “CATs: Classroom Assessment Techniques,” March 13, 2023
• “Critical Thinking for College and Life,” March 8, 2023
• “Using Photovoice,” March 6, 2023
• “Community Engagement for Writing Teachers,” February 28, 2023
•  “Life Writing for Our Students and Our Communities,” February 27, 2023
• “What Do We Tell Students about ChatGPT? Finding and Building English Open Educational Resources (OER) about Artificial Intelligence (AI) Writing Assistance,” February 24, 2023
•  “Fostering Well-Being in Our Classes and in Life,” February 22, 2023
• “Composition for Career Readiness,” February 21, 2023
• “Focusing on What’s Right: Developing a Grit Mindset in Students,” February 14, 2023
• “Motivation Without Cheerleading: Strategies for Motivating Students to Engage in the Composition Classroom, February 13, 2023
• “The Rhetoric of Poetry with Daniel Summerhill,” January 18, 2023
• “Tutoring Services,” January 12, 2023
• “Incorporating Handshake in the Classroom, January 12, 2023
• “Rising Scholars: Supporting Currently and Formerly Incarcerated Students,” January 12, 2023
• “Meet the Success Coaches,” January 12, 2023
• “Student Assistant Training,” equity-focused teaching, January 11, 2023
• “Creating Refuge for the Heart: Compassion-Centered Practices for Tending to Painful Experiences,” CRC Professional Development Institute, January 11, 2023
• CRC Spring Faculty Roundtable, January 11, 2023
• “We’re Reading Specimen Days, with author Michael Cunningham and the New York Times Book Club,” December 8, 2022
• “Celebrating Civic Leadership” – ioby Virtual Event, December 6, 2022
• “Racelighting People of Color in Schools, Colleges, and Universities,” with J. Luke Wood and Frank Harris III, November 3, 10, and 17, 2022
• “Google Sites and Google Forms: An Introduction,” November 2, 2022
• “ACUE Inclusive Teaching for Equitable Learning, ten-week Canvas intensive with assignments, Fall 2022
• “Being Relational – Inclusive Teaching and Learning,” October 19, 2022
• “Transforming Assignments through a Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy Perspective,” three-week cohort session with Dr. Veronica Lopez, American River College, Spring 2022
• “Fight, Flight, or Freeze – Institutionalizing Equity in Our Colleges,” by Lasana O. Hotep, May 6, 2022
• “Addressing the Affective Domain in Online Learning: Strategies for Post-AB705 Freshman Composition,” by CVC OEI Webinars, May 4, 2022
• “From Gotcha to ‘You Got This!’ Online Teaching Strategies that Uplift Students, Build Interactivity, and Increase Retention,” April 27, 2022
• “Bystander Intervention: How to be an Ally When You Witness Online Abuse” training by the Anti-Defamation League, April 21, 2022
• “Data Literacy Project,” a five-week, practical course with CRC Researchers Brandon Muranaka and Katy Wilson, Spring 2022
• Cosumnes River College’s Being Relational Series: “Authentic Care” and “Humanizing Your Classes,” Spring 2022
• “Spring 2022 ERWC Webinar Series: Going LIVE! Reviving and Reinventing Sentence-Level Writing Instruction, with Dr. Martin Brandt,” February 17, 2022
• “Antiracism and Inclusion Convocation: A CALL TO ACTION: Eradicate, Resolve, and Liberate,” California State University, Sacramento, February 14, 2022
• “The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Signature Event: Nikole Hannah-Jones, A Conversation about the Importance of Truth, History and The 1619 Project,” January 26, 2022
• “Serving Refugee Students,” January 2022
• “Data Literacy Project: Data Literacy for Everybody!” January 2022
• “Use Google Workspace to Take Teamwork to the Next Level,” January 2022
• “College and Life Skills 101 Course for Students,” January 2022
• “Hurry Up and Use Pronto,” January 2022
• “June Jordan Commemorative Series,” including: “A Place of Rage: June Jordan and Her Circle,” “Skyrise: June Jordan’s Architectural Imaginary,” “Black Girlhood, Truth and Transformation” by UC Berkeley African American Studies, Fall 2021 and Winter 2022
• “Military Culture,” November 30, 2021
• ASCCC’s “English Discipline OER Needs Assessment,” November 19, 2021
• “Lesson Plan Scan: Lesson Planning for Student Engagement,” November 8, 2021
• “Día De Los Muertos Community Celebration,” November 2, 2021
• Promoting Racial Equity in Student Mental Health,” USC Race and Equity Center, September 14 and 21, 2021
• “Addressing the Declining Representation of Black Students in California Community Colleges,” September 1, 2021
• “Summer Learning Institute; Struggle and Strategy, Building Solidarity Through the Work, Antiracist Growth Mindset in Action,” July 6-8, 2021
• “Foundations of Using Canvas,” two-week course, Spring 2021
• “Write Right Web Series,” five-part grammar/style webinars, Spring 2021
• 3CSN, Text Talk: Approaches to Reading and Discussions, May 2021
• Show Box L.A.’s X-Collaborations 2021, Social Justice Studies presentation, April 29 2021
• “At Home with Poems,” Dodge Poetry, Virtual Conference, April 26-May 2, 2021
• “Grappling with Widely Varying Success Rates,” California Acceleration Project, April 23, 2021
• “Equity Training – Still We Rise: Core Competencies to Support African American Student Success,” April 12, 2021
• “California Innocence Project Presentation by Jasmin Harris,” March 24, 2021
• “Rising Up Against Anti-Asian Violence and Racism Panel Discussion,” March 24, 2021
•  “Equity Training – Sí se Puede: Affirming Latinx Students Through Intentional Practices for Success,” March 19, 2021
• “An Evening with Lesa Cline-Ransome,” Sacramento Public Library, February 23, 2021
• AB 705: Accelerating success in Math and English to close equity gaps. Is it working?, VCCCD Webinars, February 19, 2021
• “Critical Conversations, Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Alice Walker,” UC Berkeley Social Sciences Department, February 15, 2021
• “Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) Course in Effective Online Teaching Practices,” year-long community of practice cohort, 2020/21
• “Dr. Vershawn Ashanti Young: Teaching after George Floyd,” Fountainhead Press, December 4, 2020
• “21 Days to Less Stress,” Balance by Nature, November 2020
• “CRC’s Annual Dia de Los Muertos Celebration and Presentations,” Puente, October 29, 2020
• “Trade, Improvement, and Survival: An Indigenous Approach to the Current Immigration ‘Crisis’ with Dr. Irma Alicia Velásquez Nimatuj,” Center for Latin America Studies, UC Berkeley, September 24, 2020
• “Cosumnes River College and Hypothesis Webinar,” September 17, 2020
• Open Educational Resources Textbook Outline Project; created two textbooks, July 2020
• “How to Be an Antiracist,” Ibram X. Kendi, Prince George’s County Library, July 20, 2020
• “Black Minds Matter,” Five-Part Series with Luke Wood and Donna Ford, Summer 2020
• “Minding the Obligation Gap in Community Colleges Summer Learning Institute,” Five-Part Series with Jeremiah Sims, Lasana Hotep, Tabitha Conway, and others, Summer 2020
• “How to Be an Antiracist” with Ibram X. Kendi, July 27, 2020
• Submitted Course for the OEI Fast Track, Summer 2020
• “How to Express Authentic Care with a Focus on Racial Equity” with Center for Urban Education, May 28, 2020
• “Equity-Minded Syllabus Workshop” with Lasana Hotep, May 20, 2020
• “State of the Budget and Online Learning, Los Rios Community College District, May 18, 2020
• “Online Support as an Anti-Racist Practice” with Center for Urban Education, May 14, 2020
• “Being Aware of Learning Opportunities and Constraints Posed by Online Teaching and their Consequences for Minoritized Students” with Center for Urban Education, May 7, 2020
• “Reyna Grande Community Talk,” American River College, May 6, 2020
• “Who Gets to Name Privilege Training” with Colette Harris-Mathews, May 6, 2020
• “Core Competencies of an Equity Advancing Education” with Lasana Hotep, April 30, 2020
• “Equity-Minded Online Teaching Using Canvas as a Model” with Center for Urban Education, Cosumnes River College, April 30, 2020
• Using Video for Online Teaching, April 15, 2020
• “Mindfulness Training,” American River College, April 29, 2020
• “Equity-Minded Syllabi and Foundational Equity Training” with Lasana Hotep, April 23, 2020
• “California Acceleration Project Conference,” Spring 2020
• @ONE Online Education Institute, Peer Online Course Review, August 2019
• Open Educational Resources Project; harvested resources for College Composition and Creative Writing, July 2019
• Open Educational Resources Institute, Cosumnes River College, April 25, 2019
• “California Acceleration Project Conference,” Spring 2019
• “Doug’s Abrams: CRC’s OneBook Author Shares Experiences,” February 5, 2019
• Hiring the Best: Equity and Diversity Training, January 2019
• “Academic Dugnad: The Heart of Refugee Higher Education Workshop,” January 2019
• “Canvas Course Design Rubric Workshop Series,” Fall 2018
• “District-wide English Corequisite Workshop,” December 2018
• “Equity-Minded Teaching Institute Webinars,” Fall 2018
• “Serving Students in Crisis: Techniques and Services,” October 24, 2018
• “Equity-Minded Teaching Institute,” Center for Urban Education, Los Angeles, June 4-5 2018
• “Acceleration Conference,” Modesto Junior College, May 2018
• “District-wide English Co-requisite Retreat,” April 2018
• “Los Rios Guided Pathways Workshop,” March 2018
• “California Acceleration Project Conference,” Spring 2018
• “Can-Innovate 2017,” online teaching conference, Summer 2017
• “California Acceleration Project Community of Practice Training,” Summer 2017
• “Tim Wise Equity Training,” Sacramento City College, March 2017
• “Los Rios Promise Summit,” January 2017
• “Online Canvas Training,” Spring 2017
• “Hands-on Canvas Training,” Spring 2017
• “California Acceleration Project Pre-conference Sessions,” March 2017
• “Not Any More: Violence Intervention and Prevention,” Fall 2016
• “Sacramento City Management Academy,” Spring 2015
• Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, “Intermediate through Advanced Spanish and cultural workshops:” cooking, ceramics, mask-making, piñata-making, painting, weaving, film, conversation, Summers 2009 to 11, 13 and Fall 2012, and “Writing Poetry in Spanish,” Summers 2014 to Present
• “Associated Writing Programs Conference,” Winter 2014, Seattle; Winter 2015, Minneapolis; Winter 2016, Los Angeles; Winter 2019, Portland; Winter 2020, San Antonio
• “Preparing Your Online Course for Accreditation,” Spring 2015
• “Sexual Harassment Prevention Training,” April 2015 and April 2017, February 2019, March 2020
• Teaching on the Move: Integrating Student’s Smart Phones and Tablets into your Courses, @ONE Desktop Seminar, Spring 2015
• “Beyond Online Teaching: Virtual Presentation Skills,” @ONE Desktop Seminar, Spring 2015
• “Mini Symposium on Effective Teaching and Culturally Responsive Instruction,” Sacramento City College, Spring 2011
• “Umoja Conference,” Sacramento City College, Fall 2011
• “Public Service Ethics Education, Online Training,” Fall 2006 to Summer 2014
• “On Course Training,” Summer 2011
• “Web 2.0 Powerful Tools to Transform Teaching and Learning,” University of LaVerne, Summer 2013
• “Punctilious Punctuation,” University of LaVerne, Summer 2013
• “Motivating Difficult Students,” University of LaVerne, Summer 2013
• “Project Inform,” University of San Diego, Summer 2013
• “Writing Across the Curriculum,” California State University Sacramento, Summer 2012
• “Arts Integration: The Kennedy Center Approach,” Fall 2011
• “Basic Skills Regional Meeting,” June 2008
• “Teaching at Its Best Seminar; nine-week hybrid session,” facilitated the session on technology in the classroom, March to May 2008
• “Desire 2 Learn Training, Training on Desire to Learn,” May 2008
• “Art Education Faire,” California State Unversity, Sacramento, March 2008
• Interest Based Approach training through LRCCD, November 2005
• “Appreciative Inquiry Workshops,” August 2005
• “English Language Learners Institute,” Cosumnes River College, June 2005
• “Communicating with Limited-Literacy Audiences” with AstraZeneca, June 2005
• Travel to Tanzania, Kenya, Panama Canal, Mexico, Colombia, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Canada, England, France, Scotland, Denmark, Russia, Germany, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Poland, China, Austria, Slovokia, Hawaii, cross-country drive to historical sites in US, including Center High, the Oklahoma City Memorial, national parks, Graceland, etc.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

• Presenter, “Earth Day Poetry Reading,” April 21, 2023
• Presenter, “Wine to Water: Investing in Our Planet,” April 20, 2023
• Facilitator, “The Power of Our Life Stories,” Women’s History Month Panel, March 23, 2023
• Presenter, “You Can Do This: A Composition Intensive for Former Students of ENG WR 300,” February 23, 2023
• Presenter, “Showcasing Your Talents,” CalGeo Annual Conference, online, April 2021
• Launched One Book, Just Mercy, Canvas Site, May 2020
• Co-Presenter, “Developing and Funding Your Creative Writing Conference at the Two-Year College,” Associated Writing Programs, San Antonio, March 2020
• Facilitator, “Writing Your UC Essay,” Collaboration with English Department and Transfer Center, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021 (Canvas/Zoom)
• Co-Presenter, “Classroom Innovation: The Culture of Social Media,” Teaching Circle, November 2018
• Co-Presenter, “UC Personal Insight Workshops,” Fall 2018
• Facilitator, “Lack of political power can actually make you sick,” October 2018
• Co-Presenter, “Transforming the Classroom into a Cultural Safe Space,” August 2018
• Presenter, “Building Blocks: Modular Writing,” CalGeo Annual Conference, Santa Rosa, April 2018
• Facilitator, “How to Become an Active and Engaged Citizen,” March 2018
• Facilitator, “Transforming Placement and Remediation to Increase Completion and Equity,” a Los Rios Community College Districtwide Convening, September 2017
• Presenter, “Choosing Your Words to Get Your Way: Negative Messaging,” CalGeo Annual Conference, Big Island, April 2017
• Presenter, “Getting the Job: Persuasive Writing Techniques,” CalGeo Annual Conference, Big Island, April 2017
• Presenter, “Creating an Artist’s Statement,” CRC Professional Development, Spring 2017
• Presenter, “Six-Word Memoirs,” CRC Professional Development, November 2016
• Facilitator, “Writing and Healing,” CRC Professional Development, November 2016
• Presenter, “Graphophobia: Fear of Writing,” CRC Flex Day, Fall 2016
• Keynote Speaker, Our Life Stories, Spring 2016
• Presenter, Lifelong Learning Panel, CRC Convocation, Fall 2015
• Panelist, “How to Write a Winning Sabbatical Application,” Professional Standards Workshop, Fall 2015
• Poetry Workshop Series Facilitator, for CHOICES day program for the developmentally disabled, January to April 2015
• Guest Speaker, CRC Patrons, April 2015
• Co-Presenter with Kakwasi Somadhi, Keynote, Our Life Stories, April 2014
• Presenter, various poetry readings: October 2016 for Sacramento Voices, October 2016 at Logos Books, Fall 2014 at the Sacramento Poetry Center for their 35th anniversary Celebration; Fall 2013 with Albert Garcia at Logos Books; May 2014 Avid Reader, etc.
• Co-Founder and facilitator, Campus Creative Writing Group, Write Now, Fall 2014 to Present
• Facilitator and Translator, “Ecoalebrijes: The Art and Culture of the Artisans of Arrazola, Oaxaca, Mexico,” Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, and Fall 2016
• Presenter, “Oaxaca Sabbatical Presentation,” Fall 2013 Convocation
• Co-Presenter, “Short Story Workshop,” Spring 2013
• Presenter, “Blogging: A Tool for the Classroom and Beyond Presentation,” Spring 2013
• Presenter, “Publishing Workshop,” Our Life Stories, Spring 2011
• Speaker with Congresswoman Matsui, Sacramento City Councilmember Kevin McCarty, and SCUSD Superintendent Raymond, April 2010
• Presenter, Young Authors Camp at Fairytale Town, Summer 2007 and Summer 2008
• Presenter, “The Gifted Facilitator,” California Department of Health Services, Tobacco Control Section, January 19, 2006 and February 17, 2006
• Presenter, “Fundraising 101,” First 5 Sacramento, December 2005
• Presenter, “Collaborative Leadership: Maximizing Our Potential for Change,” Center for Injury Prevention Policy & Practice, Workshop Presenter, October 2005
• Presenter, “Progresando Juntos: Agricultural Worker Convening,” Rural Community Assistance Corporation, Facilitator of Policy Discussion, August 2005
• Presenter, “Focusing on Our Communities,” Neighborhoods USA 30th Annual Conference, Workshop Presenter, May 2005
• Keynote Address, Regional Collaboration for Arts Education Conference, May 2005
• Presenter, Policy and Advocacy Focus, CSUS, November 2004, April 2005
• Poster Session, “Arts in Mental Health and Health Care,” California Institute for Mental Health, Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit XII, October 2004
• Facilitator, Stanislaus County Planning Retreat, May 2004
• Facilitator, Department of Health Services Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Forum, Sacramento, CA, February 2004, and Fresno, CA, March 2004
• Presenter, “Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility,” Women’s History Week 2004
• Presenter, “Integrating Arts into Your Curriculum,” CSUS, November 2003
• Presenter, “Policy and Advocacy Strategies for Educators,” CSUS, October 2003
• Presenter, “Telling Your Community’s Story,” Cosumnes River College Staff Development, April 2003
• Teleconference Training Facilitator, “Bridging the Divides: A Very Silent Auction,” March 2003
• Facilitator and Presenter, “Leadership in a Multicultural Society Retreat,” Spring and Fall 2003-2005
• Facilitator, Archstone Falls Prevention Conference, Sacramento, CA, February 2003
• Facilitator, California Health Disability Program (CHDP) Stakeholders Forum to Advocate for Safety Net Programs in the May Revise, Sacramento, CA, March 2002
• Presenter, “Harnessing the Internet as a Powerful Communication Tool,” March 2002
• Teleconference Training Facilitator, “Focusing on Our Communities,” Community Partnerships for Healthy Children Initiative, February to March 2002
• Presenter, “Harnessing the Internet as a Powerful Tool for Local Communities,” San Diego, CA, January 2002
• Presenter, “Women’s Health Leadership: A Statewide Movement, Fostering Leadership and Change in Our Communities,” 2001 Annual Conference, Northern California Society of Public Health Educators, San Francisco, CA, September 2001
• Facilitator, “Project Help 2nd Annual Summit Mobilizing Against Substance Abuse,” Sacramento, CA October 2001
• Presenter, “Telling Your Community’s Story,” San Mateo, CA, June 2001
• Presenter, “Right Question Project,” Los Angeles, CA, August 2001
• Presenter, “Collaborative Leadership,” Sacramento, CA, October 2001
• Presenter, “Collaborative Leadership,” bilingual training, Venice, CA, May 2000
• Facilitator and Presenter, various poetry workshops for families

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Author, weekly blogging at: shewhodaresnothing.wordpress.com
• Contributor, CRC’s Green Scene, Sept/Oct 2013, Feb/Mar 2015, Nov/Dec 2015, and Nov/Dec 2015
• Contributor, Fundación en Via blog, December 2012, July 2015
• Reader, Late Peaches: Poems by Sacramento Poets, http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.com/spc-press/late-peaches-poems-by-sacramento-poets-2012-anthology-edited-by-bob-stanley/
• Founding Managing Editor, Cosumnes River Journal, Spring 2007 to May 2019
• Editor, Colonial Heights Library’s Monthly Newsletter, Winter 2012 to Present
• Editor, The Neighborhood News, neighborhood quarterly newsletter delivered to 3,000 homes, August 2006 to August 2011
• Faculty Support, The Voice, a student social justice publication Spring 2010 to Spring 2011
• Managing Editor, Poetry Now (a monthly literary review and calendar), April 1995 to August 2004
• Managing Editor, The Sacramento Anthology: 100 Poems, 2001-2002
• Editor, A companion curriculum to The Sacramento Anthology: 100 Poems
• Editor, Forklore: Celebrating the food and stories of our culture, a recipe book, Fall 2003
• Editor, Recipes We Know by Heart: Celebrating the food and stories of our culture, a recipe book, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, and Fall 2005
• Author, The California Endowment Semi-Annual Mental Health Grantee Convening Reports, June 2002, January 2003, August 2003, and February 2004
• Author, The California Endowment Agricultural Worker Health Program Semi-Annual Reports, June 2002, February 2003, August 2003, and January 2004
• Author, “Women’s Health Leadership Mobilizes Cross-Cultural Grassroots Women Leaders to Promote Health and Social Justice in California,” American Journal of Public Health, April 2002
• Author, “Profiles in Brief: Learning from Emerging Women’s Health Leaders,” E-Research Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 1
• Author, cover endorsement/testimonial for Hat Full of Leaves by Stan Zumbiel, November 2021; Fruit Box Castles by Jennifer Pickering, July 2020; Coming Forth by Day by Kakwasi Somadhi, December 2014; The Warrior King by Claudia Epperson, May 2005; The Miracle Shirker by Bradley W. Buchanan, Spring 2005; Words Like Knives, Like Feathers by JoAnn Anglin, Summer 2004; The Practice of Poetry by Laverne and Carol Frith, Pony Fish by Nancy Wahl, David Lee Holman, and Ron Peat
• Author, numerous grant and project proposals and progress and final reports to funders and other stakeholders
• Author, numerous articles as a columnist with The Desert Sentinel, Desert Hot Springs, CA, a reporter with The Atascadero News, Atascadero, CA, a contributor to The San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune, San Luis Obispo, CA, and a contributor to Because People Matter, Sacramento, CA

POETRY PUBLICATIONS

• “La Luna” and “The Moon;” “Their Student;”All Invisible;” “Bailando un Poco”: and “Dancing a Little;” and “Forecast,” Munyori Literary Journal, Fall 2018, http://munyori.org/poetry/poems-by-heather-hutcheson/
• “Father’s Day Without Father;” “I Do Not Possess Flame;” “I wouldn’t know if the band;” “Diagnostic,” Sac Voices Anthology, Fall 2017, http://www.coldriverpress.org/index.htm
• “Lazy Sunday Mornings,” Poydras Review, Fall 2017
• “Questions about the Virgin,” WomenArts Quarterly Journal, Summer 2017
• “Summer Insomnia,” Poetry Now, Spring 2017,  https://issuu.com/sacramentopoetrycenter/docs/poetry/6
• “Fire,” Postcards Poems & Prose, February 2017, https://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2017/02/14/fire-by-heather-hutcheson/
• “Rushing into the Music,” Postcards Poems & Prose, January 2017, https://postcardpoemsandprose.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/rushing-into-the-music-by-heather-hutcheson/
• “Recipe for Peach Salsa;” “Dancing a Little;” “Jesús wants to learn to use the internet,” Watershed Review, Fall 2016, http://www.csuchico.edu/watershed/2016-fall/poetry/hutcheson-heather.shtml
• Silver, a chapbook, I Street Press, Fall 2014
• “Hiking” I Street Omnibus Sampler, 2012
• “Advice to a New Co-Worker: What I have learned in the hennery,” Chrysanthemum  (Spring 2002)
• “After 9/11,” We Beg to Differ: An Anthology for Peace
• “After sending poems out,” Manzanita: Poetry and Prose of the Mother Lode and Sierra, Vol. 5
• “Almost June, Bolinas,” In Sublette’s Barn
• “August 30, Davis, around 11:30pm,” The CSUS Catchword Collection (Spring 1995, CSU, Sacramento)
• “Best friend’s getting married,” One Dog Press, Volume 3, Number
• “The Cocktail Waitress,” One Dog Press, Volume 3, Number 2
• “The Concert,” Poems-For-All series #125, Sac Free Press
• “Crane,” Poems-For-All series #123, Sac Free Press
• “Disbelief,” One Dog Press, Volume 3, Number 2
• “Five Buttons,” Poems-For-All series #125, Sac Free Press
• “full of light,” Sustenance: A Journal of Conscious Spirituality
• “Getting Up In Winter,” Plainsongs, Volume 21, Number 2
• “Hangover,” Undercurrents: A Faculty Literary Review, Volume 9, Number 1
• “Harvest,” Because People Matter (March/April 2005)
• “Honey,” Jewel of the Valley: A California Anthology (Blue Moon Press)
• “How he tricked her into loving,” Twilight Ending
• “It is Cold,” Tiger’s Eye: A Journal of Poetry (Fall/Winter 2001)
• “Married,” In Sublette’s Barn
• “Meteor Shower,” Undercurrents: A Faculty Literary Review, Volume 9, Number 1
• “Moth Hunting,” Tiger’s Eye: A Journal of Poetry (Fall/Winter 2001)
• “My lover misunderstands me,” Poetry Motel
• “Name Her Saga: Queen of the Fairies,” Undercurrents: A Faculty Literary Review, Volume 9, Number 1
• “Nearing Spring,” Undercurrents: A Faculty Literary Review (Volume 9, Number 1)
• “Off Stage,” Jewel of the Valley: A California Anthology (Blue Moon Press)
• “On the Verge of War,” We Beg to Differ: An Anthology for Peace (24^th Street Irregular Press)
• “What I Have Lost,” Tiger’s Eye: A Journal of Poetry (Fall/Winter 2001)
• “Where Does Reason Reside,” Light in the Dark Foundation newsletter
• “Why I must sing so loud, so late,” California Quarterly (Volume 24, Number 1)
• “The Woman Finds Herself Making Faces,” Sustenance: A Journal of Conscious Spirituality
• “You bad-mouthed me all over town,” One Dog Press (Volume 3, Number 2)
• “You Don’t Know What It’s Like in My Mind,” The Poet’s Guild (May/June 1996)
• “10 Hours to the Next Rest Stop,” The Poet’s Guild (May/June 1996)

MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS, AND VOLUNTEER EXPEREINCE

• Member Distance Education and Information Technology, Fall 2021-Present
• Member, Affordable Educational Resources Committee, Fall 2021-Present
• Member, OneBook Planning Committee, Fall 2020-Spring 2021
• Member, Program Review for English Department, Spring 2021
• Tri-chair, Student Equity Plan, Spring 2019
• Volunteer, Point in Time Homeless Count with Sacramento Steps Forward, January 2019
• Coordinator, Online Learning and Teaching for English Department, Spring 2018 to Present
• Member, Districtwide Acceleration Committee, Spring 2018
• Member, Cultural Competence and Equity Committee, Fall 2016 to Spring 2021
• Member, CRC Smoking Standards Task Group, Spring 2016 to Fall 2017
• Reviewer, City Management Academy Applications, Spring 2016
• Faculty Advisor, Cosumnes River College Students for a Sustainable Future, Fall 2015
• Co-Coordinator, Monthly Creative Writing Prompt Group, Fall 2014 to Present
• Participant, Measure B (Be There for Libraries) Campaign, Spring 2014
• Facilitator, Digital Art Gallery, Colonial Heights Library, Fall 2014 to Present
• Participant, Online Teaching Research Project, Spring 2014
• Participant, Accreditation Standard II, Spring 2014 to Spring 2016
• Founder and Weekly Coordinator, Home Depot Language Intercambio, weekly plein air language exchange with migrant workers and students, Spring 2013 to Present
• Collaborator, A Collaborative Rhetorical Expansion of Argumentation Curriculum Between English and Communication Studies to Promote Student and Teacher Interaction, Spring 2013
• Contributor, A Collaborative Rhetorical Expansion of Argumentation Curriculum Between English and Communication Studies to Promote Student and Teacher Interaction, CASSL grant, Spring 2013
• Volunteer, Oaxaca Street Children, Summer 2013
• Panelist, 2012‐14 Cultural Arts Awards Panel, Public Art Panelist, Microgrant Panelist, and other panels
• President, Colonial Heights Friends of the Library, Winter 2012 to Summer 2017
• Volunteer, Friends of Oaxacan Folk Art, Fall 2012
• Member, Food Service Advisory Committee, September 2011 to Present
• Member, District Writing Skills Graduation Competency Committee, 2011 to Present, Chair 2013 to 2014 and 2020 to 2021
• Volunteer, Fundacion Envia, English Instructor, Summer 2010 to 11, Fall 2012, Summer 2013 to Present
• Chair, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission’s Arts Education and Cultural Awards Committee, 2010 to 2014
• Faculty Supporter, Entrepreneur Club fundraiser for survivors of the Haiti earthquake with Muslim Student Association, Fall 2010
• Member, CRC Academic Senate, Fall 2010 to Spring 2012 and Spring 2013
• Member, English Faculty Hiring Committee, Spring 2010, Spring 2013, Spring 2018
• Community Coordinator, Tahoe Park Community Garden, Fall 2009 to Fall 2012
• Member, Mayor Kevin Johnson’s For Art’s Sake Committee, May 2009 to 2012
• Member, Arts Education Committee of the For Art’s Sake Initiative, July 2009 to May 2011
• Faculty Advisor, Cosumnes River College Anime Club, Fall 2009 to Spring 2012
• Member, Academy of American Poets, May 2008 to Present
• Commissioner, appointed by Sacramento mayors Heather Fargo and Kevin Johnson, with the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, 2008 to 2014
• Founder and Coordinator, CRC Annual SHAREfair, a three-day celebration of philanthropy and community service, Fall 2007 to Fall 2016
• Member, Social Responsibility Committee, Fall 2007 to Spring 2021
• Chair, Planning Committee for the Our Life Stories Conference at Cosumnes River College, a collaboration with the local senior center, April 2007 to April 2022
• Coordinator, Day of Silence, Spring 2007 to Spring 2015
• Coordinator, CRC Season of Poetry Reading, 2007 to 2013
• Member, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), February 2006 to Present
• Member, Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL), February 2006 to Present
• Member, Arts Committee of the South Sacramento Coalition for Youth Leaders, September 2006 to 2009
• Volunteer, Helping Hand Project on the Cosumnes River College Campus, Spring 2005
• Member, Communities and Physicians Together, UC Davis Medical Center, September 2006 to 2009
• Member, Arts Education Outreach Committee, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, April 2005 to June 2008
• Member, Board of Directors, Rise Up Belize, January 2005 to June 2006
• Co-Chair, 50^th Anniversary Celebration Commemorating the Montgomery Bus Boycott, September to December 2005
• Volunteer, Welcome Day Celebration at Sacramento City College, Fall 2005
• Member, American Association of University Women, 2004
• Faculty Advisor, Cosumnes River College Poetry Club, Fall 2004
• Member, California Arts Advocates, 2003 to Present
• Member, Women’s Health Care Partnership, 2003 to June 2006
• Member, California Lecture Series Marketing Committee, 2003 to 2008
• Member, Teachers and Collaborative, 2003 to Present
• Member, Women’s History Week Committee, Cosumnes River College, Spring 2003, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2011, Spring 2012
• Member, Northern California Society of Public Health Educators, 2001 to 2003
• Member, MATRIX Arts, 2001 to 2003
• Volunteer, Center for Community Health and Well-Being, 2001 to 2002
• Member, Literature Alive!, 2000 to 2003
• Member, Poet Laureate Committee, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, 2000 to June 2008
• Member, Women’s Health Collaborative, 2000 to July 2005
• Member and Past Poetry Contest Judge, Sacramento Friends of the Library, 1998 to Present
• Member, Sacramento Poetry Center, 1994 to Present
• Publications Intern, Cooperative Research and Extension Services for Schools (CRESS) Center on the UC Davis campus, Davis, CA, September 1992 to December 1992
• Programming Intern, Classical Music Radio Station, KPSL (1010 AM), Palm Springs, CA, January 1989 to May 1989
• Weekly Columnist Intern, The Desert Sentinel, Desert Hot Springs, CA, September 1986 to July 1989
• Co-facilitator, English Faculty Roundtable, a D2L forum for sharing best practices for all levels of creative writing, composition, and literature, Ongoing
• Listed in Poets and Writers Directory of Writers (www.pw.org)
• Participant, faculty observations and substitute for colleagues

AWARDS

• Awarded Type B Sabbatical: “Decade Two of the Cosumnes River Journal, Building Our Presence and Capacity,” Spring 2017
• Crystal Apple Award, Fall 2014
• Received recognition from National Public Radio for Home Depot Intercambio Project, Spring 2013
• Awarded a Cultural Competence and Equity Committee Grant to present the art of Oaxacan Artisans (I worked with while on sabbatical Fall 2012), Fall 2013 and Fall 2014
• Awarded Type A Sabbatical: “Code Switching: Spanish Immersion, English Instruction, and Social Service,” Fall 2012
• Awarded CRC Foundation Mini Grant for “Turning Negatives into Positives: Learning from Cupcake Brown” in collaboration with a student, March 2010
• Awarded a mini-grant from the Center for the Advancement of Staff and Student Learning to study online students in comparison with traditional modalities in regard to learning communities
• Received CRC Senator’s Choice Award for college service, January 2010
• Received The Association of California School Administrators Region 3 Award for Partners in Educational Excellence with the Tahoe/Colonial Collaborative, March 3, 2010
• Nominated for an Award for Building Community for work with Sacramento’s underserved populations, December 2007
• Awarded a grant to the First 5 Sacramento Commission, under their Community Building Initiative, $75,000, Fall 2007; grant renewed in 2010, $25,000
• Secured $25,000 in funding from City Council for the implementation of a community garden and $5,000 from Lowe’s
• Received $30,000 from the First 5 Sacramento Commission, March 2011 for community building project

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REFERENCES

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