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
Work
Experience
Assistant Professor of English
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2014 - present
Lecturer in English Studies
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2012 - 2014
Contributor
Metro Spirit
Augusta, GA
Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Temporary Full-Time Instructor of English
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
2011 - 2012
Creative Writing Faculty
Young Writer's Workshop, Converse College
Spartanburg, SC
Summer 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
2010 - 2011
Development Intern
Graywolf Press
St. Paul, MN
Summer 2009
Contributor
NakedCity Magazine
Wichita, KS
2008 - 2009
Editor
Mikrokosmos
Wichita, KS
2008 - 2009
Part-Time Graduate Teaching Assistant
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
2007 - 2010
Editorial Assistant
Hub City Writers Project
Spartanburg, SC
January - May 2007
PR & Marketing Intern
Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, GA
May - August 2005
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
Grant Principal and Recipient: $1,969
South Arts
Atlanta, GA
2017-2018
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
Grant Co-Principal and Recipient: $15,000
CSRA Community Foundation
Augusta, GA
2016-2017
Patient- and Family-Centered Care Award Recipient
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, GA
October 2016
Grant Principal and Recipient: $500
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2016
Grant Co-Principal and Recipient: $15,000
Porter Fleming Foundation
Augusta, GA
2015
Grant Principal and Recipient: $410
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2015
Grant Principal and Recipient: $1,516
Pamplin Professional Impact Fund
Pamplin College, Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Fall 2014
Finalist
Writers House Summer Residency
Hub City Writers Project
Spartanburg, SC
May 2013
Grant Principal and Recipient: $594.80
Faculty Research and Development
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Spring 2012
Wichita State University Prize in Poetry Winner
Mikrokosmos
Wichita, KS
Spring 2012
Nominee
Outstanding Teaching Award
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Fall 2011
Presentations
Women Speak
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV
September 2017
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
Augusta Poetry Group's Annual National Poetry Month Reading
Augusta-Richmond County Public Library
Augusta, GA
April 2016
“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
Augusta Poetry Group Reading
Aiken Community Playhouse’s Bechtel Theater Coffeehouse
Aiken, SC
February 2016
Moderator, 14th Georgia Literary Festival’s poetry panel, featuring
Laurel Blossom, Linda Lee Harper, and Ed Wilson
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
November 2015
“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
“Pleroma: Shifting Paradigms via Poetry,” with Leah Smith
Brown Bag Series, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
November 2014
“Paper, Pen, and the Patient Experience,” with Naomi Williams
Annual Patient- and Family- Centered Care Conference
Augusta University Medical Center
Augusta, GA
October 2014
“Breaking the Rules of Poetry,” with Diana Royal
Brown Bag Series, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Georgia Regents University
Augusta, GA
March 2014
Faculty Reading
Writers Weekend at Summerville
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
February 2014
“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
“‘Great Writers Steal’: A Pedagogy for Persona Poetry and Narrative Forms"
Southern Women Writers Conference
Berry College
Rome, GA
September 2012
“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
“Truth and Dare: Persona Poetry as Historical Record”
West Virginia Association of College English Teachers' Spring Meeting
Huntington, WV
April 2011
“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)
"Desire Area"
Slant
Summer 2018
"Age 12: My parents trade Grand Strand beach houses for Contentment Bluff in McIntosh County, GA"
AMP
Spring 2018
"Lapsed Lutheran"
AMP
Spring 2018
"Zeus"
West Texas Literary Review
September 2017
“Before the First I Love You"
Cellpoems
December 2012
“Grandmother’s Allegory”
Mikrokosmos, 58
Spring 2012
“Not my Wedding Day or the Birth of my First Son”
Mikrokosmos, 58
Spring 2012
“How Anticipation Works”
Mikrokosmos, 56
Spring 2010
“Save the Date”
Poetry for the Masses, 2.3
September 2009
“Change”
NakedCity Magazine, 2.8
August 2009
“How to Lose a Language”
NakedCity Magazine, 2.5
May 2009
“Wisdom”
NakedCity Magazine, 1.9
September 2008
“Wrightsboro Road”
Metro Spirit, 19.23
January 2008
"Muse"
Coffee Poetry Anthology
World Enough Writers
(Forthcoming)
"Grandmother's Allegory"
Women Speak, vol. 3
Ed. Kari Gunter-Seymour
November 2017
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)
Co-founder and Steering Committee Chair
Berry Fleming Book Festival
Augusta, GA
June 2016-September 2017
Community Judge
Combining Voices Literary Competition
Morris Museum of Art
Augusta, GA
April 2016
Board of Directors
Poetry Matters Project
Augusta, GA
Fall 2015 - present
Member
Augusta Poetry Group
Augusta, GA. (May 2015-present)
Steering Committee Chair
2015 Georgia Literary Festival
Georgia Center for the Book
Augusta, GA
March 2014-November 2015
Community Judge and Mentor
High School Senior Projects
Columbia County Board of Education
Evans, GA
March 2012-present
Professional
Memberships
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Girl Scouts of America
Sigma Tau Delta