Experienced instructor of composition, developmental English, creative writing pedagogy, poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction with an emphasis in ekphrasis, meter and plain-spoken verse.
Education
Master of Fine Arts (2011): Poetry
Lesley University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Master of Arts (2009): Creative Writing
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, Michigan
Bachelor of Science (2005): Writing
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
Teaching Experience
University of Detroit Mercy (2016)
Adjunct Professor
Academic Writing
Mott Community College (2009-present)
Adjunct Professor
English composition I & II
Saginaw Valley State University (2010)
Adjunct Professor
English Composition
South University (2011)
Adjunct Professor
English Composition/American Literature
InsideOut Literacy Arts Detroit (2009-2010)
Writer-in-Residence
Poetry, Art
Honors & Awards
Peter Bildner Fund, Poetry Recipient: Fall 2009, Lesley University.
Selected Poems
Qua “I from America the Great,” “Prairie,” Winter 2016
The Cortland Review vol. 59 “Stepping Up,” February 2012
The Cortland Review vol. 28 “Desire” August, 2010
UNSAID vol. 5 “Saginaw,” “True Menthol,” “Saginaw, Again,” “Living Room,” “Dinner Back Home,” “Home Again,” “Requital,” “An End,” “Fathers,” “Lengthening,” “( ), “Spring in the Heart,” “The Phone Call,” “Bay Road,” “Three Six Two Five One,” “Untitled,” Fall 2010
Passages North “Snow” & “November,” Fall 2010
UNSAID vol. 4. “Brush-Fire War,” “Poem to the Women You Have Been,” “Poem for Her,” “Shooting Rabbits,” “Room to Drink,” Fall 2009
Selected Prose
Qua “Enter Camera” Summer 2015
Cold Front “Song of the Week: Shanti by Bela Fleck and The Flecktones” September 2011
Shampoo Poetry “Saginaw Song,” August 2007
Selected Readings
Qua 50th Anniversary – April 28th, 2016
Woodward Line Poetry Series – December 17th, 2014
Detroit Artists Market, InsideOut Writers Series – March 8th, 2013
Woodward Line Poetry Series – March 16th, 2011
Editorial Experience
Passages North
Editorial Assistant
Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI
Review and approve incoming drama, poetry and fiction. (2002)
Pigeon Town
Editor
Online Literary Magazine
Review and approve incoming poetry and fiction. (2007-2010)
XN Sports
Editor
National Sports Magazine
Review and approve incoming prose and nonfiction. (2012-present)