Curriculum Vitae
Education
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
2007 - 2010
M.F.A., Creative Writing
Concentration: Poetry
Thesis: Dress: Poems
Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
2003 - 2007
B.F.A., Creative and Professional Writing
Minor: Spanish
Skills
Contract Negotiations
Curriculum Design
Editing
Event Planning
Grant Writing
Program Development
Proposal Writing
Research
Social Networking
Strategic Planning
Volunteer Management
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Work​
Experience​
Assistant Professor of English
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2014 - present
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Lecturer in English Studies
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2012 - 2014
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Contributor
Metro Spirit
Augusta, GA
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Temporary Full-Time Instructor of English
​Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2011 - 2012
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Creative Writing Faculty
Young Writer's Workshop, Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
Summer 2011​
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English
​Marshall University
Huntington, WV
2010 - 2011
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Development Intern
Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
Summer 2009​
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Contributor
NakedCity Magazine
Wichita, KS
2008 - 2009
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Editor
Mikrokosmos
Wichita, KS
2008 - 2009
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Part-Time Graduate Teaching Assistant
​Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
2007 - 2010
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Editorial Assistant
Hub City Writers Project
Spartanburg, SC
January - May 2007
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PR & Marketing Intern
Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, GA
May - August 2005
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Awards
& Honors
Grant Principal and Recipient: $1,881
Education Innovation Fund
Office of Experiential Learning, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2018
Student
Hindman Settlement School
Hindman, KY
July 2017
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Grant Principal and Recipient: $1,969
South Arts
Atlanta, GA
2017-2018
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Grant Co-Principal and Recipient: $7,500
Porter Fleming Foundation
Augusta, GA
2017
Grant Principal and Recipient: $2,000
Education Innovation Fund
Office of Experiential Learning, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2017
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Grant Co-Principal and Recipient: $15,000
CSRA Community Foundation
Augusta, GA
2016-2017
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Patient- and Family-Centered Care Award Recipient
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, GA
October 2016
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Grant Principal and Recipient: $500
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2016
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Grant Co-Principal and Recipient: $15,000
Porter Fleming Foundation
Augusta, GA
2015
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Grant Principal and Recipient: $410
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2015
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Grant Principal and Recipient: $1,516
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Fall 2014
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Finalist
Writers House Summer Residency
Hub City Writers Project
Spartanburg, SC
May 2013
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Grant Principal and Recipient: $594.80
Faculty Research and Development
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2012
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Wichita State University Prize in Poetry Winner
Mikrokosmos
Wichita, KS
Spring 2012
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Nominee
Outstanding Teaching Award
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Fall 2011
Presentations
Women Speak
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
September 2017​
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Moderator, 2016 Poetry Society of South Carolina's CSRA Seminar, featuring Poet Laureates Laurel Blossom, Ed Madden, and Marjory Wentworth
Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, GA
April 2016
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Augusta Poetry Group's Annual National Poetry Month Reading
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Augusta, GA
April 2016
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“Write to Heal: Poetic Expression for Healthcare Professionals”
with Naomi Williams
36th Annual National Association for Poetry Therapy Conference
Unity Village Hotel and Conference Center
Unity Village, MO
April 2016
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Augusta Poetry Group Reading
Aiken Community Playhouse’s Bechtel Theater Coffeehouse
Aiken, SC
February 2016
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Moderator, 14th Georgia Literary Festival’s poetry panel, featuring
Laurel Blossom, Linda Lee Harper, and Ed Wilson
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
November 2015
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“Light, Bright, and Damn(-Near) White: A Poetry Reading and Conversation
on Authority and Authenticity”
Thinking its Presence: The Racial Imaginary, a Creative Writing Conference
University of Montana
Missoula, MT
March 2015
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“Pleroma: Shifting Paradigms via Poetry,” with Leah Smith
Brown Bag Series, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
November 2014
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“Paper, Pen, and the Patient Experience,” with Naomi Williams
Annual Patient- and Family- Centered Care Conference
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, GA
October 2014
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“Breaking the Rules of Poetry,” with Diana Royal
Brown Bag Series, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Georgia Regents University
Augusta, GA
March 2014
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Faculty Reading
Writers Weekend at Summerville
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
February 2014
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“Milledgeville Uncensored: Behind the Walls of Georgia's Lunatic Asylum,” with Leah Smith
Brown Bag Series, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
November 2012
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“‘Great Writers Steal’: A Pedagogy for Persona Poetry and Narrative Forms"
Southern Women Writers Conference
Berry College
Rome, GA
September 2012
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“Route 66: AWP Off-Site Reading,” with Grant Matthew Jenkins, Claudia Nogueira, K. Lorraine Graham, et. al.
affiliated with the Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference
Chicago, IL
March 2012
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“Truth and Dare: Persona Poetry as Historical Record”
West Virginia Association of College English Teachers' Spring Meeting
Huntington, WV
April 2011
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“Why Does Mona Lisa Smile? Deconstructing the Faux-Feminist Film”
Society for the Interdisciplinary Study of Social Imagery Conference
Colorado State University-Pueblo
Colorado Springs, CO
March 2008
Journal Publications
"College Roommate"
Open Minds Quarterly
(Forthcoming)
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"Desire Area"
Slant
Summer 2018
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"Age 12: My parents trade Grand Strand beach houses for Contentment Bluff in McIntosh County, GA"
AMP
Spring 2018
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"Lapsed Lutheran"
AMP
Spring 2018
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"Zeus"
West Texas Literary Review
September 2017
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“Before the First I Love You"
Cellpoems
December 2012
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“Grandmother’s Allegory”
Mikrokosmos, 58
Spring 2012
“Not my Wedding Day or the Birth of my First Son”
Mikrokosmos, 58
Spring 2012
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“How Anticipation Works”
Mikrokosmos, 56
Spring 2010
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“Save the Date”
Poetry for the Masses, 2.3
September 2009
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“Change”
NakedCity Magazine, 2.8
August 2009
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“How to Lose a Language”
NakedCity Magazine, 2.5
May 2009
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“Wisdom”
NakedCity Magazine, 1.9
September 2008
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“Wrightsboro Road”
Metro Spirit, 19.23
January 2008
"Muse"
Coffee Poetry Anthology
World Enough Writers
(Forthcoming)
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"Grandmother's Allegory"
Women Speak, vol. 3
Ed. Kari Gunter-Seymour
November 2017
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Book Chapter
Publications
“Cents and Sensibility: Planning the 14th Georgia Literary Festival,”
with Karin Gillespie, Melissa Johnson, and Erin Prentiss
Library Outreach to Writers and Poets: Interviews and Case Studies of Cooperation
Ed. Carol Smallwood
McFarland
February 2017
Anthologies
Book
Publications
Dress: Poems
(Chapbook under review)
Community
Activities
Board Member
Authors’ Club of Augusta
Augusta, GA
January 2017-present
(Member since 2015)
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Co-founder and Steering Committee Chair
Berry Fleming Book Festival
Augusta, GA
June 2016-September 2017
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Community Judge
Combining Voices Literary Competition
Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, GA
April 2016
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Board of Directors
Poetry Matters Project
Augusta, GA
Fall 2015 - present​
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Member
Augusta Poetry Group
Augusta, GA. (May 2015-present)
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Steering Committee Chair
2015 Georgia Literary Festival
Georgia Center for the Book
Augusta, GA
March 2014-November 2015
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Community Judge and Mentor
High School Senior Projects
Columbia County Board of Education
Evans, GA
March 2012-present
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Professional
Memberships
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Girl Scouts of America
Sigma Tau Delta