Curriculum Vitae
Education
University of New Hampshire 2017-2020 MFA, Fiction
Thesis: Night Soil and Drinking Alcohol
Thesis Chair: Tom Payne
University of Wyoming 2013-2015 MA, English Literature, minor American Indian Studies
Thesis: Escape From Main Street: A study in American identity
Thesis Chair: Dr. Caskey Russell
University of Iowa 2012 BA, English Literature, Emphasis in Creative Writing
Wright State University-Lake Campus 1994 AA, Liberal Arts
General Employment
- Newspapers 1991-2003
2003 West Branch Times, freelance
West Branch, Iowa - 2001 Star City Sports, freelance
Lincoln, Nebraska - 2001 L Magazine, freelance
Lincoln, Nebraska - 1999-2001 Delaware Press, freelance ad writer
Columbus, Ohio - 1995-1996 Fairborn Daily Herald, beat reporter
Fairborn, Ohio - 1994 Beavercreek News-Current, beat reporter
Beavercreek, Ohio - 1992-1993 The Lake Schooner Press, editor
Celina, Ohio - 1991-1992 The St. Marys Evening Leader, freelance
St. Marys, Ohio - 1991-1992 The Extra Merchandiser, layout & beat reporter
St. Marys, Ohio
Videography
Pappas Telecasting, Fox Affiliate 4 & 17 2001
Creative Services Producer
Academic Employment
University of Wyoming 2013-2014
2013-2014 University of Wyoming Writing Center, consultant
Graduate Student Writing Consultant, Facebook Administrator
2013-2014 University of Wyoming IT Department, LMS training
WyoCourses 90 Second Video Series
Teaching
York Community College 2020
Freshman Composition
7 week online freshman composition
New England College 2019
Freshman Composition
Southern Maine Community College 2019
Freshman Composition
University of New Hampshire 2018-2019
2018 Independent Study in Writing, coordinating instructor
2018 First Year Writing
2019 Introduction to Creative Writing
2022 – current First Year Writing
Big Fish Learning Community 2018
College Freshman Composition Warm-up
Dual Enrollment Composition
Great Bay Community College 2015-current
Developmental Writing I
Developmental Writing II
Developmental College Reading
Freshman Composition
Online Freshman Composition
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Creative Writing, fiction and poetry
Western Civilization
Oral Communications
Society and Technological Change
University of Wyoming 2014-2015
Freshman Composition
Related Responsibilities & Skills
Cocheco Academy of the Arts 2016-2018
Board of Trustees
St. Laurence O’Toole Catholic School 2014
Volunteer Web Designer
Publications
Left with the Moon, Tinge Magazine May 2019
Into the Morning Light, Literary Orphans January 2020
The Taco Robbers From Last Week Your Impossible Voice Fall 2021
Presentations
2015 “The Search for Inauthenticity: American Identity Formation in Garrison Keillor’s Lake Wobegon Days”
University of Wyoming English Department Interdisciplinary Conference, Laramie, WY, 27-29 March
2014 Panel member, “Assessing the Non-classic Consultation: Did Our Methods Work?” Colorado and Wyoming Writing Tutors Conference, Denver, CO, 12 April
2014 “The Back Kitchen Door: Winesburg, Ohio, Fort Collins, Colorado and the Post-Modern Search for Meaningfulness”
2014 University of Wyoming English Department Interdisciplinary Conference, Laramie, WY, 28-29 March
Honors & Awards
2014 Kambouris Scholar, University of Wyoming Department of English
2015 Kambouris Scholar, University of Wyoming Department of English
2018-2019 Dick Shea Memorial Award for Fiction
Service
2014-2015 University of Wyoming English Department Interdisciplinary Conference Organizer
2016-2017 New England Review Reader
2018-2019 Scriptor Undergraduate Fiction Genre Journal Advisor
2019-2024 current Epiphany Magazine Reader
2020 – current Great Bay Community College Faculty Forum Member
2020 – current SEIU 1984 Chapter 32 Union President
2020 – Great Bay Community College presidential search committee
2022 – current Brazen Head Reader
2022 – current Cocheco River writers group organizer in conjunction with Dover Library
2023 – 2024 Dover New Hampshire Literary Laureate