Education

Ph.D., Media, Art, and Text (in progress), Virginia Commonwealth University
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Poetry Emphasis (2000), Old Dominion University
B.A., English, Creative Writing Emphasis (1995), George Mason University
Minor: Eastern Philosophy
Secondary Field: Film & Media Studies

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Fall 2007
English 126C: Honors English Composition I
English 112: Introduction to Literature
Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Spring 2007
English 127C: Honors English Composition II
Instructor. The Muse, Summer 2006
Poetry Workshop I
Instructor. The Muse, Winter 2006
Poetry Workshop I
Visiting Scholar. Buena Vista University, Winter 2006
The Confessional Form in Popular Culture from Sylvia Plath to MTV
Adjunct Instructor. Tidewater Community College, Fall 2005
English 112: English Composition II
Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Fall 2003
English 110C: English Composition
Artist-in-Residence. Buena Vista University, Winter 2003
101 Uses for Poetry: A Practical Workshop
Instructor. Old Dominion University, Summer 2002
English 110C: English Composition
English 111C: English Compostion
Instructor. Old Dominion University, Spring 2002
English 111C: English Composition
English 127C: Honors English Compostion
English 144: American Writers, American Experiences
English 300: Introduction to Creative Writing
Instructor. Old Dominion University, Fall 2001
English 110C: English Composition (3 sections)
English 126C: Honors English Compostion
English 112: Enjoying Literature
Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Summer 2001
English 111C: English Composition
Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Spring 2001
English 127C: Honors English Compostion (2 sections)
English 112: Enjoying Literature
Adjunct Instructor. Old Dominion University, Fall 2000
English 050: Basic Writing
English 110C: English Composition
English 126C: Honors English Compostion
English 112: Enjoying Literature
English 352: Poetry Workshop (with Gary Short)
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Old Dominion University, Fall 1998-Spring 2000
English 110C: English Composition
English 352: Poetry Workshop (with Dr. Scott Cairns)
Graduate Teaching Assistant. Old Dominion University, Fall 1997-Spring 1998
Writing Tutorial Services

Related Experience

Artist-in-Residence
Buena Vista University, Winter 2003
Writers in Community Internship Program Coordinator
Old Dominion University, August 1999-May 2000
Writers in Community Intern
Lafayette-Winona Middle School, September 1999-December 2000
Writers in Community Intern
Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, January 1999-May 2000
MFA Reading Series Coordinator
Old Dominion University, Fall 1998

Editorial Experience

Production editor. The 2008 Anthology of Younger Poets, February 2008
Guest poetry editor. White Marsh Review, Summer/Fall 2004
Poetry editor. The Dominion Review, Summer/Fall 1999
Editorial staff. The Dominion Review, Summer/Fall 1998

Publications

"This Happens," FOURSQUARE, vol 2.4, September 2007
"In My Secret Life I'm a Porn Star," Wicked Alice Print Issue 2006, September 2006
"50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong," Gargoyle, Issue #51, Summer 2006
"Last Night I Had a Disturbing Dream about Tiny Cats," 32 Poems, Fall/Winter 2005
"Requiem for a Sideshow Attraction," Wicked Alice, Fall 2005
"Mermaids and Other Marvels of the Sea," Wicked Alice, Fall 2005
"In My Secret Life I'm a Porn Star," Wicked Alice, Fall 2005
"For Survival," Wicked Alice, Fall 2005
"Beatification," America, September 12, 2005
"Skin," The Powhatan Review, Winter 2001
"Slasher Film," The New Journal, Summer 2001

Presentations

"The Confessional Form in Popular Culture"
ACES series, Buena Vista University, January 2006
Guest Speaker for Sylvia
First Look Film Forum, Naro Expanded Cinema, October 2003
"Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged: The Art of Compassionate Grading"
TA Workshop Series, Old Dominion University, February 2002
"The Student Conference Survival Kit"
TA/New Faculty Summer Workshop, Old Dominion University, August 2001
"Surviving the Student Conference"
TA/New Faculty Summer Workshop, Old Dominion University, August 2000
"Creating a Writers-in-Community Program: How & Why"
Associated Writing Programs Conference, Kansas City, MO, March 2000
"Creative Writing in the Composition Classroom"
English Graduate Student Conference, Old Dominion University, February 2000
"And This Is How You Live: The Use of Second-Person Point of View in Diving into the Wreck"
English Graduate Student Conference, Old Dominion University, February 1998

Awards

Finalist for the 2004 Foley Poetry Prize
2nd place winner in the 2003 Glimmer Train Press poetry open
David Scott Sutelan Memorial Scholarship, October 1998