Curriculum Vitae

Education
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M.F.A. in Creative Writing           Florida International University, Miami                        2014
                                                          Thesis: Out of View: Short Stories

TESOL/TEFL Certificate               Global Leadership College, Toronto, Canada             2013
 
M.A. in Liberal Studies                Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff                         2008
                                                         Thesis: Where the Wind Whistles Dry: Essays

B.S. in Wildlife Ecology               University of Wisconsin-Madison                                2000

Tropical Ecology Program            University of the West Indies                                       1999
                                                           Trinidad & Tobago, W.I.                   

 

University Teaching Experience
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Composition III                                                                                                                 2016-present
University of New Mexico-Valencia

Accelerated Composition                                                                                              2015-present
University of New Mexico-Valencia
   
Writing and Rhetoric II                                                                                                     2012-2013
Florida International University

Introduction to Creative Writing                                                                                     2011-2012
Florida International University

Writing and Rhetoric I                                                                                                       2010-2012
Florida International University

 

Publications
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Fiction

"Black Bear," 3:AM Magazine, Fall 2016 

"West Mesa," Thuglit, No. 20, Winter 2015

“Fire Complex,” Washington Square Review, No. 15, Fall 2015

“Palomas,” Blink Ink, No. 19, Spring 2015.

“Midland-Odessa,” Mason’s Road, No. 9, Winter 2014.

“Eggs,” Sliver of Stone, No. 4, Spring 2011.

“Trains,” Sonora Review, online, Spring 2011.

Nonfiction

"Kurt Cobain Avengers,” Print-Oriented Bastards, No. 3, April 2013.

 “Collecting Seeds,” Sojourns, Winter 2009.             

"Seed, Soil, Survival," Coastline, Spring 2010.

“Where the Rain Ceases to Fall,” Confluence: Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. Spring 2009.


Poetry

 “El Paso,” Humanity & Society, Spring 2013.

 “Zocalo Morning,” Hayden’s Ferry Review, No. 51, Fall 2012.

 “Things Lost At Taco Bell,” Nine Cent Journal, Winter 2012.

 
Reviews, Columns, Interviews

Review, Einstein's Beach House by Jacob M. Appel, Sliver of Stone, Fall 2015

Review, Demigods on Speedway by Aurelie Sheehan, Fjords Review, Fall 2015

Interview, Joe Clifford (author of Lamentation), Sliver of Stone, Fall 2014

Review, The Scent of Scandal by Craig Pittman, Florida Book Review, Spring 2012

Review, Salvaging the Real Florida by Bill Belleville, Florida Book Review, Fall 2011      

Review, Vida by Patricia Engel, Florida Book Review, Fall 2010

Essays, The Noise, Monthly Arts Newspaper, 2006-2007

Column, The Lumberjack, NAU’s Student Newspaper, 2006

Essays and Opinion. The Madison Insurgent, Community Newspaper, 2001-2003

 

Awards / Accomplishments
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Fiction Prize, Washington Square Review Contest, for “Fire Complex,” 2015

First place, “Kurt Cobain Avengers.” FIU Literary Awards, 2012.

Graduated with Distinction, Florida Int’l University, 2014.

Caption contest winner, “Trains.” Sonora Review online, 2012.

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 2012.

Scholarship, FIU’s MFA Program in Creative Writing, 2010-2013.

Graduated with Distinction, Northern Arizona University, 2010.

Scholarship, Northern Arizona University’s MA in Sustainable Communities Program, 2005-2008.

Golden Key Honor Society, 2000.

Dean’s List, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996-1999.

 

Presentations
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Public reading, “Fire Complex.” The Honest Liars’ MFA Reading. Miami. 2014.

Public reading, Poems. The Honest Liars’ MFA Reading. Miami. 2013.

Public reading, “Kurt Cobain Avengers.” FIU Graduate Student Literary Awards. Miami. 2012.

Public reading, “Eggs.” The Honest Liars’ MFA Reading. Miami. 2011.

Public reading, “Cigarettes.” The Honest Liars’ MFA Reading. Miami. 2010.

Public presentation, “Living in place.” MASC Program. Flagstaff. 2008.

Panel Discussion. Teaching & Learning Conference, Coconino Community College. 2007.

 
Editorial Experience
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Fiction Editor, Sliver of Stone Magazine. Miami/online. 2012-present.

Fiction Editor, Gulf Stream Magazine. Miami/online. 2011-2012.



Employment
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University of New Mexico-Valencia, Assistant Professor, 2016

University of New Mexico-Valencia, Adjunct Instructor, 2015-2016

Florida International University, Adjunct Instructor, 2010-2013                                               

Pima County Public Library, Library Paraprofessional, 2008-2010

Tucson Unified School District, Substitute Teacher, 2008

Flagstaff Unified School District, Substitute Teacher, 2006-2007


Community Service
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ESL Instructor, Literacy Volunteers of Tucson, 2009-2010.

Founder/organizer, Rail Town Infoshop, Flagstaff, 2006-2007.

Board Member, Flagstaff Action Network, 2004-2005.

Organizer, Dry River Infoshop, Tucson, 2003-2004.

Organizer, Tucson Radical Action Network Conference, 2004

Volunteer, Madison Infoshop, Madison, 2001-2003.

Organizer, Creative Peoples' Resistance, Madison, 2001-2002.

Volunteer, Rainbow Bookstore Co-op, Madison, 2001-2003.


Conferences Attended
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MLA, Philadelphia, 2017

​AWP, Los Angeles, 2016

FIU Writers’ Conference, Cayman Islands, 2011

Teaching + Learning Conference, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, 2007



Areas of Interest
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Composition & rhetoric pedagogy
Creative writing pedagogy
Short fiction techniques
Western U.S. fiction & literature
Novel writing
Literary nonfiction
Nature writing
Travel writing
Place studies
Environmental & ecological studies
Radical political theory
Western U.S. history
Environmental history
Borderlands studies
Rock 'n roll