CV

Curriculum Vitae

Education

MFA in Creative Writing in the genre of Poetry, George Mason University
Thesis Director: Sally Keith; Readers: Eric Pankey and Anna Habib
Thesis Title: Here Now, Myriads
Degree Conferred: May 2010
Awards and Recognition: Thesis Fellowship (2009-2010), High Pass, Poetry Exam (2009), Nominee, Best New Poets Anthology (2009)

B.A. English Literature and Creative Writing, Muhlenberg College
Advisor: Linda Miller; Readers: Dr. Alec Marsh and Len Roberts
Thesis Title: The Ventriloquist’s Mouth
Degree Conferred: May 2004, Cum Laude with High Honors in English
Awards and Recognition: Excellence in Tutoring

Publications and Collaborative Exhibitions

  • 2012 — “If it All Went / up in Smoke,” “Product,” “Quotations,” “Psalm,” and “Res Publica: ‘The Poet’s Lie’” Word For/Word Issue 19 Fall/Winter 2011/2012. Visual poems.
  • 2011–”Comparative Darkness, Collaboration with visual artist Steven Skowron, exhibited as a part of Envisioning Otherness, curated by Susan Tichy and Helen Frederick. Fall for the Book, Fairfax, VA. Poems.
  • 2011 — “All Voyages Are Destructive” (Review of Pigafetta is My Wife, by Joe Hall), Gently Read Literature, September 2011 issue.
  • 2011 — “Landscape Architecture,” “Special Attention,” “Autobiographical Passage: Wanderings,” Fringe Magazine, Maps Feature, Issue 26.3. Poems.
  • 2010—”Shoreline Ruins”, in Marginalia, Issue 5. Poem.
  • 2010—”Decayless”, in DIAGRAM, Issue 10.4. Poem.
  • 2010— Simultaneous Contrast: Investigating Presidential China Patterns, a sequence of 12 poems presented with work from ceramicist Stephanie A Rozene, DIS/ARMING Domesticity, National Council on Eduction For the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), Duke Gallery, The Community Arts Center, Wallingsford, PA. Poems.
  • 2009—”To Entertain,” and “Luxury and Lack,” exbitied in collaboration with ceramic work by Stephanie A Rozene, The Material Word exhibit, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA. Poems.
  • 2008—”Staggered Shelves,” “Sequence,” exhibited in collaboration with ceramic work by Stephanie A Rozene, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI. Poems.

Panel Presentations

  • 2012—”Cole Swensen as a Live Thinker.” The Annual Tome Live Poet’s Society, North East, MD.
  • 2012—”Reading as a Writer in the Fields of Poetry and Composition,” Muhlenberg College English Alumni Conference, Allentown, PA.
  • 2009—Small Press Publishers’ Panel, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA.
  • 2008— Looking In/ Looking Out: How research on the Local Complicates Theories of the Global; “Navigating the Cacophony of Discourses: A Tutor’s Perspective”, International Writing Center’s Association (IWCA) conference, Los Vegas, NV

Readings

  • 2012—The Annual Tome Live Poet’s Society, North East, MD.
  • 2010–Loud Fire Reading Series, Fairfax, VA.
  • 2010—Cheryl’s Gone Reading Series, Big Bear Cafe, Washington, DC.
  • 2009—Fellows Reading, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA.
  • 2009–Candid Yak Reading Series, Fairfax, VA.
  • 2008–Candid Yak Reading Series, Fairfax, VA.

Positions Held

Administration

  • 2010-present—Writing Center Assistant Director, Washington College
  • 2008-2010—Writing Center Graduate Assistant Director, George Mason University

Teaching

  • 2012—Co-Instructor, Education 490 Writing Theory and Pedagogy
  • 2011—Instructor, English 101 Literature and Composition
  • 2010—Co-Instructor, Education 490 Writing Theory and Practice
  • 2009—Instructor, English 201 Reading and Writing About Texts
  • 2008—Instructor, English 101 Composition
  • 2010—Guest Lecturer, English 302H Advanced Composition for the Humanities for Term Assistant Professor Anna Habib: Lesson on effective academic writing
  • 2010—Guest Lecturer, English 302H Advanced Composition for the Humanities for Term Assistant Professor Anna Habib: Lesson for guided revision workshop
  • 2009—Guest Lecturer, English 396 Creative Writing for Instructor Patrick Martin: Lesson on homophonic translations as a poetic mode of instruction
  • 2009—Guest Lecturer, English 396 Creative Writing for  Instructor Ranjani Murali: Lecture on preparing and submitting to journals and the editing process
  • 2009—Guest Lecturer, English 397 Poetry Workshop for Adjunct Instructor Wade Fletcher: Lecture on preparing and submitting to journals and the editing process
  • 2007—Guest Lecturer, English 101 Composition for  Term Assistant Professor Dr. Andrea Harbin: Lesson on the importance of titles as a means to foreground argument

Editing

  • 2010-present—Freelance Editor, by direct request.
  • 2009-2010—Poetry Editor, Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art
  • 2008-2009—Assistant Poetry Editor, Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art
  • 2004-Sept. 2006—Editorial Assistant, UpToDate Inc., Waltham, MA
  • Sept. 2006-Aug. 2007—Development Editor, UpToDate Inc., Waltham, MA

Tutoring

  • 2007-2008—Writing Center Tutor, George Mason University
  • 2001-2004—Writing Center Tutor, Muhlenberg College
  • 2001—Writing Assistant, First Year Seminar, “To Hell and Back” with Assistant Professor Francesca Coppa, Dept. of English: co-taught writing through workshops and presentations and provided one-on-one tutoring, serving as liaison to the Writing Center for a course about utopias and distopias in film and literature
  • 2002— Writing Assistant, First Year Seminar, “The Ism” with Professor James D. Jackson, Dept. of Psychology: co-taught writing through workshops and presentations and provided one-on-one tutoring, serving as liaison to the Writing Center for a course about racism and other “isms” and psychology.
  • 2003— Writing Assistant, First Year Seminar, “Media and Democracy” with Professor Sue Jansen, Dept. of Communications: co-taught writing through workshops and presentations and provided one-on-one tutoring, serving as liaison to the Writing Center for a course on communication and democratic rights

Additional Positions

  • 2009—Organizer/Host, Where are they now? A Reading from Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art, Fall for the Book Festival, Fairfax, VA
  • 2007-2009—Organizer/Host, The Candid Yak Reading Series, Fairfax, VA
  • 2009—Tenure conferral letter for Dr. Alec Marsh, Muhlenberg College

Professional Affiliations

  • National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • International Writing Center Association (IWCA)
  • Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association (MAWCA)
  • Academy of American Poets
  • Association for Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

Conference and Workshop Attendance

  • 2012—Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association, Shippensburg, PA
  • 2012—Conference on College Composition and Communication, St. Louis, MO
  • 2011—Mid-Atlantic Writing Center Association, West Chester, PA
  • 2011—Conference on College Composition and Communication, Atlanta, GA
  • 2011—Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Washington, D.C.
  • 2010—International Writing Center Association, Baltimore, MD
  • 2010—Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Denver, CO
  • 2009— Association of Writers and Writing Programs, Chicago, IL
  • 2008— Association of Writers and Writing Programs, New York, NY
  • 2006—Fine Arts Work Center Summer Program, workshop with Carl Phillips, Provincetown, MA
  • 2005—Wesleyan University Writer’s Conference, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT