A.B.D. / M.A. American Studies and English; University of Massachusetts
B.A. English and History; University of Richmond
Courses Taught
English 111 Composition
English 112 Composition
English 220 Introduction to Literature
Academic Interests
American History and Political Rhetoric (specifically the 1930s-1960s)
Cultural Studies
20th-21st Century Poetry
Composition and Rhetoric
Scholarly Activity
Publications
“The Metaphorical Heart,” “The Transdifferentiation of all Things,” “Only the Borrowed Light,” and “The Ineffable Light,” Verse, forthcoming.
“Petrichor'”and “The New Light” Hayden’s Ferry Review, forthcoming
“Archeology of Air” (Poetry) Jellyfish Magazine, 2015
“After Reading Benjamin’s On Some Motifs in Baudelaire,” “Henny Penny Blues” “By It We See Everything Else” and “The Art of Forgetting” (Poetry), New Orleans Review, 2015
"Then the Letting Go" (Poetry) Denver Quarterly, 2012
"Though I Have Not Written," excerpts from "Field Marks," and "Populated," (Poetry) The Portland Review, July/August 2011
excerpts from "Snow Landscape (Asclepias)" (Poetry) Meridian, 2010
Presentations
"Thirties Documentary, the Narrative Imagination, and the National Public in Archibald MacLeish’s Land of the Free and Richard Wright’s 12 Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States," New England American Studies Association Annual Conference, Boston: October 1, 2010
Other Professional Experiences
Member, American Studies Association
Member, Modern Language Association
Other
Director of the Visiting Writers Series
Internship Coordinator
I teach creative writing workshops to high school and middle school students.
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