Teaching Assistant Professor
English
I have taught extensively at the university level in the areas of creative and rhetorical writing, film studies, and digital storytelling. As a teacher and a writer, the stuff of novels, shorts, essays, poems, and films, as well as the narratives we tell about our experiences, challenges, and dreams 鈥 all of this means the world to me. I center my teaching on conveying the power of stories, as agents of truth, disruption, beauty, empathy, connection, and love. I am passionate about working with students as they strive to form their own stories and currate their singular voices, no matter the mode of writing.
Education
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MFA, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
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BA, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Publications
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鈥淓xorcising Mike.鈥 Midwestern Gothic. Issue 22, Summer 2016.
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鈥淭his Gold Time.鈥 Southwest Review. Vol. 98, No. 1. 2013.
Honors and Awards
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Faculty Development Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2023, 2016, 2015
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Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2015
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Quiet Giants Award, Cardinal Stritch University, 2013
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Janet Elizabeth Aquino Award of Excellence in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002
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Robert H. Byington Fellowship in Creative Writing, UNCW, 2002
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Associated Writing Programs Intro Award Nominee, UNCW 2000, 2001
Additional Information
Office Hours
Fall 2024
Teaching Schedule
Fall 2024
- 1001/129 TuTh 8:00-9:15 Lalumiere Hall 172
- 1001/130 TuTh 9:30-10:45 Lalumiere Hall 172
- 1001/131 TuTh 11:00-12:15 Lalumiere Hall 172
- 4250/101 TuTh 2:00-3:15 Marquette Hall 105
- Creative Writing: Fiction