PUBLICATIONS

  • Tin House – Forthcoming in Fall 2010. Featured New Voice. “Sustainability”
  • New Letters – Winner of the Dorothy C. Cappon Essay contest in Nonfiction Competition, 2009, “Norman Mailer is Coming to Dinner” forthcoming in Spring 2010 issue.
  • “Indigenous” forthcoming in Spring 2010 The Greensboro Review
  • Skidmore Summer Writer’s Institute Scholarship recipient 2010
  • Tennessee Williams Scholar. Sewanee Writer’s Conference. University of the South, July 2009.
  • George M. Harper Award. Florida State University. Tallahassee, FL, May 2009.
  • “Season.” River Styx. April 2009. Second Prize in Rivery Styx Schlafly Microfiction Contest
  • “Book Review of Wife Shopping by Steven Wingate.” The Southeast Review. January 2009
  • “Donkey Hammer.” Pushcart Prize Nomination. Gulf Coast, January 2008
  • “Donkey Hammer.” Gulf Coast. University of Houston, December 2007
  • Creative Writing Award in Nonfiction. University of Missouri, May 2007
  • “Ghosts.” The Atlantic Monthly. January 2006. Honorable Mention in Annual Student Nonfiction Contest.
  • “Donkey Hammer.” Playboy, February 2006. Awarded third place in Playboy’s Annual College Fiction Contest.
  • The Seattle Review. National Fiction Contest, January 2006. Finalist in national competition.
  • “Ghosts.” Fugue. University of Idaho, Summer, 2006
  • Fiction Fellowship. University of Montana, January 2006
  • Society for the Study of Southern Literature. January 2002

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 2007 – Present
    • Doctoral Graduate Teaching Assistant
    • Nominated for First Year Teaching Assistant Award 2008
  • University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 2006 – 2007
    • Doctoral Graduate Assistant
  • University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 2004 – 2006
    • Graduate Assistant
    • Awarded Fiction Fellowship for 2005-2006 school year to teach undergraduate creative writing.
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 2001 – 2004
    • Graduate Assistant
  • University of Arkansas 2003
    • Writers in the School System
  • River Valley Arts Center, Russellville, Arkansas 2001
    • Creative Writing Instructor

EDUCATION

  • Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida Expected Completion Spring
    Ph.D, Creative Writing, 2010
    Present: Third year in Fiction.
  • University of Montana, Missoula, Montana 2006
    MFA, English
    Creative writing focus in Fiction.
  • University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
    M.A., English
    Pending thesis
  • Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, Arkansas 2000
    B.A., Applied Art
  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 1993
    B.A., English

AREAS OF TEACHING EXPERTISE

  • Creative Writing and Composition Instructor
    • Assist students by providing individualized instruction based on personal observation and commentary
    • Fiction Teaching Fellowship recipient in Creative Writing for 2006 at the University of Montana
    • Maintain flexibility in the classroom, providing a wide range of literature and media to stimulate creativity
    • Bring extensive range of experiences outside of the classroom and academia to any project