[4] Civil's concentrations included Black Feminist Theory; African-American Literature; Experimental World Poetry.

[5] She currently teaches as guest faculty in the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

"Performance has been considered as a way of bringing to life the many formal and conceptual ideas on which the making of art is based.

"[11] Civil frequently incorporates collaborative techniques, such as call-and-response, in her writing and performance: for example, the collaborative piece "Call & Response," convened at Antioch College in 2014 with Duriel E. Harris, Kenyatta A. C. Hinkle, Rosamond S. King, Wura-Natashi Ogunji, Miré Regulus, and Awilda Rodríguez Lora, resulted in numerous art projects and "experiments in joy.

From initial inklings of ideas to concrete performance scripts, Civil's archives demonstrate the sheer time and dedication this art form begs of those who choose to wield it.