Education
MFA Arizona State University, Fiction May 2008
Dissertation: Something Small and Necessary
Committee: Jewell Parker Rhodes (chair), T.M. McNally, Melissa Pritchard
BA St. Lawrence University, English (Creative Writing) and History May 2004
Study Abroad: Florence, Italy with Syracuse University
Teaching Experience
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY Aug 2017 to Present
Lecturer
Courses Taught:
College Writing II (ENG101)
Introduction to Creative Writing I (ENG185)
Expository Writing (ENG301)
Professional Writing (ENG304)
Editing and Publishing (ENG486)
Writing for Digital Interactive Media (Independent Study)
Writing Vignettes (Independent Study)
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY Aug 2015 to May 2016
Visiting Lecturer
Courses Taught:
College Writing I (ENG100)
Introduction to Creative Writing (ENG201)
Introduction to Writing Poetry (ENG208)
Introduction to Writing Fiction (ENG209)
Expository Writing (ENG301)
Internship (ENG398)
SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY Aug 2014 to May 2015
Adjunct Lecturer Aug 2016 to May 2017
Courses Taught:
College Writing I (ENG100)
Introduction to Creative Writing (ENG201)
Professional Writing (ENG304)
Special Topics: Source of Stories (ENG306)
Clinton Community College, Plattsburgh, NY Aug 2010 to Dec 2013
Adjunct Faculty Aug 2014 to Aug 2015
Aug 2016 to May 2017
Courses Taught:
English Composition (ENG101)
English Composition with Supplementary Instruction (ENG101S)
Literature and Composition (ENG102)
Technical Writing (ENG235)
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ May 2007
Writing Workshop Faculty
Courses Taught:
Using Research in Creative Writing
Sichuan University, Chengdu, China May 2007
Writing Workshop Faculty
Courses Taught:
Beginning Creative Writing
Daywaka Foundation, Kolkata India Jan 2007
Writing Workshop Faculty
Courses Taught:
Creative Writing Workshop
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Aug 2005 to May 2006
Teaching Assistant
Courses Taught:
First Year Composition (ENG101)
First Year Composition (ENG102)
Editorial Experience
Saranac Review, SUNY Plattsburgh Aug 2018 to Present
Executive Editor
Saranac Review, SUNY Plattsburgh Aug 2015 to Aug 2018
Fiction Editor
Hayden’s Ferry Review, Arizona State University Jan 2007 to Jan 2008
Prose Editor
Hayden’s Ferry Review, Arizona State University Aug 2005 to Dec 2007
Assistant Prose Editor May 2010 to Aug 2012
Honors and Awards
Notable Essay 2019
“Factory Girl” listed as a notable essay in Best American Essays 2019
Eugene Paul Nassar Award 2019
Post-publication award for Doe selected by judge Naomi Guttman.
Akron Prize at University of Akron Press 2016
Poetry collection Doe selected by Allison Joseph for the University of Akron Press.
Pushcart Prize Nomination 2016
Nomination for “Our Bodies, the Ocean” published by Quiddity.
Best of the Net Nomination 2016
Nomination for “The Saints of the Last Days” published by Guernica.
Finalist, Colorado Book Prize 2016
Publication prize finalist for Doe at the Center for Literary Publishing.
Finalist, Benjamin Saltman Poetry Award 2015
Publication prize finalist for Doe at Red Hen Press.
Finalist, St. Lawrence Book Award 2015
Publication prize finalist for Doe at Black Lawrence Press.
Finalist, Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant 2015
Funding finalist for grants awarded to feminist women in the arts for my work on Doe.
Semi-Finalist, The Wheeler Prize 2015
Publication prize semi-finalist for Doe at Ohio State University/The Journal.
Semi-Finalist, Crab Orchard Series in Poetry 2015
Publication prize semi-finalist for Doe at Crab Orchard.
Finalist, Hunger Mountain 2011
Creative nonfiction finalist for “A Family Medical History in Five Parts.”
Pushcart Prize Nomination 2009
Nomination for “The Reading of the Fates of Love and Death” published in Copper Nickel.
Best New Poets Nomination 2009
Nomination for “The Body in Motion” published in The Florida Review.
Pushcart Prize Nomination 2008
Nomination for “A Natural History” published in Southeast Review.
Award Winner, Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing 2007
First Place winner in poetry judged by Lois Roma Deely at Arizona State University.
Award Winner, Glendon and Kathryn Swarthout Awards in Writing 2007
Second Place winner in fiction judged by Teague Bohlin at Arizona State University.
Sonoran Prize, Southwest Graduate Symposium 2006
Second Place winner in fiction at Arizona State University.
Publications
Books
Doe, Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2018.
- winner of the Akron Prize
- winner of the Eugene Paul Nassar Award
Journal and Anthology Publications
Fiction
“Men Without Faces.” North American Review, forthcoming.
“Just outside of San Antonio.” Permafrost, vol. 40, no. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 54-58. Print.
“The Persistence of Memory.” Best of the West. Ed. James Thomas and D. Seth Horton. Austin: University of Texas Press,
2009, pp. 12-25. Print.
“The Persistence of Memory.” Gulf Coast, vol. 20, no. 2, Summer/Fall 2008, pp. 232-248. Print.
“A Natural History.” The Southeast Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Spring 2008, pp. 27-33. Print.
Creative Nonfiction
“Beasts of the Fields.” Guernica, 19 February 2020. Web.
“Factory Girl.” Cincinnati Review, vol. 15, no. 1, Spring 2018, pp. 30-34. Print.
“My Best Friend Falls in Love with Tupac Shakur.” Willow Springs, vol. 79, Spring 2017, pp. 54-61. Print.
“Wretched Women.” Copper Nickel, vol. 24, Spring 2017, pp. 116-122. Print.
“Schizophrenia Redux.” Black Warrior Review, vol. 41, no.1, Summer/Fall 2015, pp 59-78. Print.
“This Monstrous Heart.” New Delta Review, vol. 5, no.1, Fall/Winter 2014. Web.
“A Family Medical History in Five Parts.” South Loop Review, vol. 15, 2014, pp. 78-80. Print.
Poetry
“In Which a Boy in Idaho Owns a Gun.” Stone Canoe, vol 13, Spring 2019. Print.
“Domestic (X).” Stone Canoe, vol 13, Spring 2019. Print.
“Domestic (XIII).” Cimarron Review, vol. 199-201, Spring/Fall 2017, pp. 71. Print.
“Domestic (XIV).” Cimarron Review, vol. 199-201, Spring/Fall 2017, pp. 72. Print.
“Domestic (XV).” Cimarron Review, vol. 199-201, Spring/Fall 2017, pp. 73. Print.
“Night in the Arms of the Two Hearted Lover.” The Heart is Improvisational. Ed. Carol Lipszyc, Toronto: Guernica
Press, 2017, pp. 79-80. Print.
“Early Differentiation of the Body.” The Heart is Improvisational. Ed. Carol Lipszyc. Toronto: Guernica Press. 2017, pp. 5.
Print.
“The Fox Twin Theaters Plays The Omen.” The Adroit Journal, vol. 18, Fall 2016. Web.
“Bone Woman.” Zone 3, vol. 31, no. 1, Spring 2016, pp. 23. Print.
“La belle au bois dormant.” Zone 3, vol. 31, no.1, Spring 2016, pp. 22. Print.
“Magnetic Declination.” Zone 3, vol. 31, no.1, Spring 2016, pp. 24. Print
“A Painting of the Body.” Puerto del Sol , vol. 51, no. 2, Spring 2016, pp. 135-136. Print.
“Things a Girl Should Know.” The Journal , vol. 40, no. 2, Spring 2016. Web.
“Our Bodies, the Ocean.” Quiddity, vol. 9, Spring 2016, pp. 43. Print.
“Prime.” Quiddity, vol. 9, Spring 2016, pp. 44. Print.
“Blood Relics.” Washington Square Review, vol. 37, Spring 2016, pp. 64-65. Print.
“These Dark Centuries.” Sonora Review, vol. 69, pp. 78-79. Print.
“The Saints of the Last Days.” Guernica, 16 November 2015. Web.
“Battle Lines.” Harpur Palate, vol. 15, no. 1, Summer/Fall 2015, pp. 1-2. Print.
“Fourteen Pounds.” Harpur Palate vol. 15, no. 1, Summer/Fall 2015, pp. 3-4. Print.
“Notes from the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.” THRUSH, September 2015. Web.
“Santa Muerte.” THRUSH, September 2015. Web.
“In the cursed country.” THRUSH, September 2015. Web.
“Backland.” Quarterly West, vol. 85, Summer 2015. Web.
“Scorpiris.” Quarterly West, vol. 85, Summer 2015. Web.
“Madrigal of the Sierra Nevadas.” Quarterly West, vol. 85, Summer 2015. Web.
“Detroit, and Other Sorrows.” Quarterly West, vol. 85, Summer 2015. Web.
“Go, Roam.” Witness, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer 2015. Web.
“Introduction.” Columbia College Literary Review, vol. 4, Spring 2015, pp. 1. Print.
“Night in the Arms of the Two-Hearted Lover.” The Pinch, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 100. Print.
“Underbrush.” The Pinch, vol. 35, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 98-99. Print.
“The Abduction Narrative.” The Massachusetts Review, vol. LIII, no. 4, Winter 2012, pp. 646. Print.
“Dustland Fairytale.” Stone Canoe, vol. 6, 2012, pp. 82. Print.
“Contact Prints.” Bat City Review, vol. 7, Spring 2011, pp. 71. Print.
“This is what the heart sounds like.” The Southern Review, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer 2010, pp. 425. Print.
“How the Ocean and Desert Meet.” The Southern Review, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer 2010, pp. 426. Print.
“Victim #0.” The Southern Review, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer 2010, pp. 427. Print.
“Prayer for Protection.” The Southern Review, vol. 46, no. 3, Summer 2010, pp. 428. Print.
“Bloom.” Fourteen Hills, vol. 16, no. 2, 2010, pp. 123. Print.
“The Killing Field.” Natural Bridge, vol. 23, Spring 2010, pp. 53. Print.
“Cynosure.” Copper Nickel, vol. 11, Winter 2009, pp. 162. Print.
“Stridulation.” Copper Nickel, vol. 11, Winter 2009, pp. 163. Print.
“The Reading of the Fates of Love and Death.” Copper Nickel, vol. 11, Winter 2009, pp. 164. Print.
“Light/Dark.” Barn Owl Review, vol. 2, Spring 2009, pp. 12. Print.
“The Body in Motion.” The Florida Review, vol. 33, no. 2, Winter 2008, pp. 112. Print.
“Birth.” LOCUSPOINT, vol. 2, no. 2, August 2008. Web.
“Bogey.” LOCUSPOINT, vol. 2, no. 2, August 2008. Web.
“Colorado.” LOCUSPOINT , vol. 2, no. 2, August 2008. Web.
"Flapdragon." LOCUSPOINT, vol. 2, no. 2, August 2008. Web.
“Piazza della Cure.” LOCUSPOINT, vol. 2, no. 2, August 2008. Web.
Articles
“Lubin’s Legacy.” SUNY Plattsburgh Magazine, Fall 2012, pp. 20. Print.
“Franklin County MOMS Program Celebrates Fathers.” Greater Adirondack Perinatal Network Newsletter, Fall 2009 pp.
4. Print.
“A Wide Audience: Online Book Club Enters its Third Year Bigger Than Ever.”Marginalia, vol. 5, no. 1, Spring 2008, pp.
33-34. Print.
“Exceeding Our Expectations.” Marginalia, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall 2007, pp. 26-27. Print.
“A Commitment to Excellence.” Marginalia, vol. 4, no. 2, Fall 2007, pp. 9-10. Print.
“The Inescapable Element.” Marginalia, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2007, pp. 4-5. Print.
“The Delightful Antidote.” Marginalia, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring 2007, pp. 30-31. Print.
Fellowships
Zoland Poetry Fellowship Aug 2014
Award for fully funded writing residency at the Vermont Studio Center.
Post Graduate Writing Fellowship May 2008
Fellowship awarded by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University to support writing work after graduation.
Writing Fellowship May 2007
Summer writing fellowship awarded by Arizona State University and judged by Rigoberto Gonzalez.
Wordfest Fellowship Oct 2007
Fellowship to attend Wordfest held in Alberta, Canada awarded by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
International Teaching Fellowship – Chengdu, China May 2007
Teaching Fellowship at Sichuan University in Chengdu, China awarded by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
International Writer’s Retreat – New Delhi, India Jan 2007
Writer’s Retreat Fellowship in New Delhi, India awarded by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University.
Ness University Fellow May 2003
Summer history research fellowship entitled, “Founding Mothers: Colonial New France and the Filles du Roi,” awarded through St. Lawrence University.
Ness University Fellow May 2002
Summer literature research fellowship entitled, “Sublime Visions: Challenging the Definition of the Female Gothic Novel, 1777-1806,” awarded through St. Lawrence University.
Presentations and Public Lectures
Panel, “The Nuts and Bolts of Student Editors,” Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference, San Antonio, TX, March 6, 2020.
Presentation, “HOW TO Apply to MFA Programs,” SUNY Plattsburgh, April 11, 2019.
Presentation, “HOW TO Build a Professional Writer’s Website,” SUNY Plattsburgh, March 7, 2019.
Presentation, “HOW TO Submit Your Work to Literary Journals,” SUNY Plattsburgh, February 7, 2019.
Panel, “Submitting Your Work to Literary Journals,” Desert Nights, Rising Stars Creative Writing Conference, February 21, 2008.
Introduction, Jeff Biggers, Desert Nights, Rising Stars Creative Writing Conference, February 20, 2008.
Panel, “An Alternative to Teaching: Preparing MFA Students to Work in Nonprofit Arts Agencies,” Associated Writers and Writing Programs Conference, New York, January 31, 2008.
Introduction, Diana Gabaldon, Desert Nights, Rising Stars Creative Writing Conference, February 22, 2007.
Panel, “The Creative Writing Process,” Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, January 11, 2007.
Panel, “Beginnings and Endings,” Oxford Bookstore, New Delhi, India, January 8, 2007.
Presentation, “Founding Mothers: Colonial New France and the Filles du Roi,” St. Lawrence University, October 2004.
Panel, “Sublime Visions,” Irving Bacheller Conference, St. Lawrence University, 2003.
Readings and Interviews
Interview, North Country Public Radio, interview with Todd Moe, May 6, 2019.
Reading, Potsdam Public Library, Potsdam, NY, April 26, 2019.
Reading, Eugene Paul Nassar Award, Utica College, Utica, NY, April 18, 2019.
Reading, Saranac Review and Saint Julian Press AWP off-site reading, March 29. 2019.
Reading with Lisa Bellamy, Upper Jay Arts Center, Upper Jay, NY, September 28, 2018.
Reading, SUNY Plattsburgh, May 2, 2018.
Reading and School Visit, Beekmantown High School, Plattsburgh, NY, April 2018.
Reading and Campus Visit, Northern Maine Community College, Presque Isle, Maine, April 27, 2018.
Reading with Elizabeth Cohen and Bill Stratton, Light Up Lamp Club, Burlington, Vermont, April 23, 2018.
Reading with Mark Wunderlich, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, Vermont, April 6, 2018.
Book Signing, University of Akron Press at AWP Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 10, 2018.
Reading with University of Akron Press and Gold Wake Press poets, Tampa, Florida, March 8, 2018.
Reading, Last to Say: Domestic Violence Awareness Month Banquet, SUNY Plattsburgh, October 20, 2017.
Reading, The Heart is Improvisational, 30 City, Plattsburgh, NY, September 28, 2017.
Interview, “A Voice for Dead and Missing Women,” interview and article by Robin Caudell, Press Republican, Jan 5, 2017.
Interview, “Why I Write” with Dustin Brookshire, May 4, 2016.
Interview, “Meet the Staff” with Saranac Review, Feb 9, 2016.
Interview, “This Monstrous Narrative,” podcast interview with Keysha Whittaker for Behind the Prose, BlogTalkRadio, Feb 8, 2015.
Reading, “An Audible Edition,” with Copper Nickel at the Denver Press Club, Denver, Colorado, April 10, 2010.
Reading, ADKYP Artist Showcase, Strand Art Gallery, Plattsburgh, New York, March 5, 2010.
Reading, Piper Scholars Reading, Arizona State University at the Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona, April 24, 2008.
Reading, Superstition Review Reading, Arizona State University West, Glendale, Arizona, March 4, 2008.
Reading, “A Celebration of Reading,” Jess Schwartz Jewish Community High School, February 6, 2008.
Reading, Arizona State University Graduate Reading Series, Tempe, Arizona, November 7, 2007.
Reading, Swarthout Awards Reading, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, April 2007.
Reading, Sonoran Prize Reading, Southwest Graduate Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, February 21, 2007.
Reading, Arizona State University Graduate Reading Series, Tempe, Arizona, October 20, 2005.
University and Community Service
Advisor, Professional Writing Certificate students, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2019-Present.
Coordinator, HOW TO Series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Spring 2019-Present.
Writing Arts Committee Member, SUNY Plattsburgh English Department, Fall 2019-Present.
Faculty Advisor, Creative Writers Guild, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2017-Present.
Internship Supervisor, Saranac Review, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2019.
Co-Coordinator, Eating Our Words series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2019.
Co-Coordinator, Words on Fire series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2019.
Chairperson, Arts Education and Community Grants, 2020 – Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council of the Arts, 2019.
Co-Coordinator, Eating Our Words series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2018.
Co-Coordinator, Words on Fire series, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2018.
Grant Panelist, Arts Education and Community Grants, 2019 – Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council of the Arts, 2018.
Poetry Judge, Adirondack Center for Writing Awards,” Adirondack Center for Writing, 2018.
Faculty Advisor, Alpha Delta Phi Society, SUNY Plattsburgh, Fall 2017-Spring 2018.
Advisory Council Member, Arts Education and Community Programs Grants, 2019 –Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council of the Arts, 2018.
Advisory Council Member, Arts Education and Community Programs Grants, 2018 –Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, NewYork State Council of the Arts, 2017.
Adjunct Faculty Mentor, Clinton Community College, 2016-2017.
Advisory Council Member, Arts Education and Community Programs Grants, 2017 –Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council on the Arts, 2016.
Guest Speaker, Creative Arts Celebration, Clinton Community College, April 25, 2016.
Regional Judge, Poetry Out Loud, Clinton Community College, February 9, 2016.
Saranac Review Internship Site Supervisor/Faculty Mentor, SUNY Plattsburgh, 2015-2016.
Grants Panelist, Arts Education and Community Programs Grants, 2016 – Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council of the Arts, 2015.
Advisory Council Member, Arts Education and Community Programs Grants, 2016 –Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and Hamilton Counties, Decentralized Grant Program, New York State Council of the Arts, 2015.
Tour Guide, open house, Clinton Community College, March 2015.
Coordinating Volunteer, Poetry Out Loud, Clinton Community College, 2014-2015.
Orientation Leader, new student orientation, Clinton Community College, February 2012.
Orientation Leader, new student orientation, Clinton Community College, August 2011.