DIANE WANG

 

Teaching and Instructional Design:

  • Sheltered English Instruction first-grade teacher for Oakland Unified School District at Lazear Elementary, 2002-2003
  • Substitute teacher for Oakland Unified School District, 2001-2002
  • Facilitator for in-service workshop in instructional design at Foothill-DeAnza College, Spring, 2002
  • Poet for Oakland Museum of California, teaching children poetry and Chinese calligraphy in connection with a Chinese art exhibit, Autumn, 2000, and for the "Word and Image" program in 2001. Work of students is posted at http://www.think-ink.net/musepoems/
  • Research and teaching assistant to Lampo Leong, artist and art instructor, 1995-present
  • Volunteer storyteller with Stagebridge performing in Oakland Public Schools, 1996-2001
  • Multimedia Instructor for Ohlone College and Ohlone Community Education Program teaching "Fundamentals of Creating Web Pages" and hypertext mark-up language (html), 1999-2000. Class is posted at http://www.think-ink.net/html/
  • Taught monthly poetry workshop at La Peña Cultural Center, Oakland, CA, and maintained web site to present poems written, 1996-2000. Poems from the workshops are posted at http://www.think-ink.net/lapena/index.htm.
  • Organized workshop on Chinese poetry featuring Julie Landau, translator of Beyond Spring: T'zu Poetry of the Song Dynasty, November, 1996.
  • Organized poetry readings at the Coffee Mill, 1995-96

Web Design:

  • Webmaster for think-ink.net, site about art, poetry, fiction and essays, 1998-present
  • Writer and HTML coder for Roundworld Media, 1998-2001
  • Curriculum and accessibility consultant for Kidport.com, spring, 2000
  • webmaster for Ohlone Tech Prep Program, prepared web site to recruit high school students to educational program, 1999.

Operations and Technical Training

  • Power plant operator at United Cogen, Inc., San Francisco Airport, CA. In addition to work on day-to-day operations, responsible for company's intranet web site and for helping design procedures, training programs, and interface with computerized instrumentation.1997-2001
  • Senior operator at Unocal 76 Products-San Francisco Refinery, Rodeo, CA with intermittent assignments to training department to prepare training manuals and programs, 1986-97.

Publications:

  • Nature in Art Programs: Chinese Brush Painting with Lampo Leong, published by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2001.
  • Learning the Art of Chinese Brush Painting with Lampo Leong, published by the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2000.
  • "Climbing the Tower," in the anthology An Intricate Weave: Women Write about Girls and Girlhood. Laguna Beach: Iris Editions, 1997.
  • "The Origins of Paper" and "The True Story of the Moon Goddess Chang E," included in audio tape of storytelling produced by Stagebridge, 1997.
  • "Periodic Table" and "Shell Game and Salsa," poems, in Social Justice: a Journal of Crime, Conflict and World Order Vol. 23, No. 4, Winter 1996.
  • Legend, Language and Women. San Francisco: Beatzine96, 1996
  • "The True Story of the Moon Goddess Chang E," Tradeswomen Magazine, Spring 1996
  • Sand and Silk: Postcards from China, chapbook of poetry and calligraphy, 1995.
  • "An Elevator Ride," Mediphors: A Literary Journal of the Health Professions, Fall/Winter 1995, No. 6.
  • Solstice Greetings, chapbook of poetry, 1994.

Selected Exhibitions and Readings

  • 30th anniversary of the Oakland Museum, organized one segment of poetry readings and led poetry-writing "Wordshop," October, 1999
  • Group show of Chinese brush paintings at Mission National Bank, August, 1999
  • Goup showing of Chinese brush paintings at Laney College Library, September, 1998
  • "Sand and Silk" reading at University Art Museum, August, 1996
  • "Tribute to Ken Saro-Wiwa," reading with four other poets on the anniversary of Ken Saro-Wiwa's murder, organized by Amnesty International, 1996
  • "Chi of the Brush," group showing of Chinese brush paintings at The Coffee Mill, Oakland, 1996
  • "Industrial Strength Women," reading with poetry from collection, "Shift Work at the Refinery" in assorted venues, 1995
  • "In Defense of Taslima Nasrin," organized poetry reading at The Coffee Mill in defense of author and poet Taslima Nasrin, January, 1995

Citations and Awards:

  • Featured at California Virtual Campus website for professional development, May, 2000. Review is posted at http://pdc.cvc.edu/news/contentnav.asp?page=21
  • "Site of the Month," November, 2001, selected by Stavanger-web.com
  • Most Outstanding Student Achievement in Multimedia at Ohlone College, 1999
  • Citation from Artists Embassy International for work in community poetry, 1996
  • Citation for work in training department at Unocal 76 San Francisco Refinery, 1995
  • Citation for safety at Unocal 76 San Francisco Refinery, 1994

Education and Certificates:

  • Credential Program at Holy Names College, 2001, to present (will complete program in winter, 2003)
  • Class in Age-Appropriate Art Therapy for Children and Adolescents at UC Berkeley Extension, summer, 2002
  • Open Court Training at Governor's Reading Institute, summer, 2002
  • Bachelor of Arts, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1997
  • Certificates in Accessibility and Web Design from Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI) and HTML Writers Guild (HWG), dealing with issues of web design and Americans with Disability Act standards
  • Ohlone College, two years studying multimedia and "How to Design an Online Course"
  • Texas A&M Fire School, program in industrial fire-fighting
  • Unocal Refinery, program in Hazardous Material Emergency Response

 

Contact Diane Wang at dw@think-ink.net or write to her at 1260 E. 34th Street, Oakland, CA 94610.