Dr. Kimberly Williams
Ph.D., MFA Creative Writing, MA English, BA EnglishAssociate Lecturer - Academic Literacies
School of Access Education
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I am a lecturer in CQU's School of Access Education, teaching in the STEPS program.
I am also a poet originally from Detroit, Michigan. I have published three books of poetry and one book of co-translations of the Mexican poet, Benjamin Valdivia. My second book of poetry, Sometimes a Woman (Recent Work Press 2021), won the 2022 WILLA Literary Award for Poetry (USA). My third book of poetry, Still Lives (Gazebo Books 2022), won a Canberra Critics Award in 2022 and was a finalist for the ACT Poetry Book of the Year.
I completed my PhD from the University of Canberra in 2023 through the HDR program, and my creative thesis was entitled, "That Way: A Poem Sequence & Entering Voices", while the exegesis was called, "Filling Space, Considering Time: Poetic Form and the Representation of Nineteenth-Century Women ‘Pioneers’ in America".
Universities Studied At
University of Canberra, University of Texas El Paso, Case Western Reserve University, Wayne State University
Universities Worked At
University of Canberra, Glendale Community College, San Juan College, Colorado Northwestern Community College, Case Western Reserve Univesity, and Wayne State University
Awards
2022 Canberra Critics Circle Award for Writing for Still Lives
2022 WILLA Literary Winner in Poetry for Sometimes a Woman
2019 – 2022, Government of Australia RTP Stipend Scholarship for Ph.D.
Poetry Prize-Winner, Bright Harvest Prize, Aquarius Press, 2012.
May 2009, Tarpley Award for Teaching Excellence, San Juan College, Farmington, NM.
Aug. 2005 to May 2008, Distinguished Teaching Chair, San Juan College, Farmington, NM. Award created the SJC Poetry & Prose Project and included an annual stipend.
May 2007, Tarpley Award for Teaching Excellence, Stipend, San Juan College, Farmington, NM.
Professional Memberships
National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA)
Professional Interests
Contemporary Poetry; Space, Time & Poetry; Creative Writing; Creative Thinking and Whole Brain Learning
Other creative arts and writing - Other creative arts and writing not elsewhere classified
Poetry, Poetry and the Page, Creative Writing Pedagogy, Creative Thinking