CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2012-2015 MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction), Purdue University
- Thesis:Watch Out For Lions: Short Stories
- Committee: Brian Leung (Director), Roxane Gay, Donald Platt
2003-2007 BA, Journalism and Psychology, The University of Iowa
UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017-present Assistant Professor, University of Indianapolis
- English Composition
- First-Year Seminar: Vampire Literature
- Substantive Editing
- Western World Literature and Composition
2017 Associate Adjunct Instructor, University of Indianapolis
- Advanced Composition
- English Composition
- Intro to Creative Writing
- Writing and Editing for Nonprofit Organizations
- Western World Literature and Composition
2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor, University of Indianapolis
- English Composition
2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor, Marian University
- English Composition
- Written Analysis of Literature
2015-2016 Visiting Assistant Professor, Waldorf University
- Techniques of Fiction
- Exploring Literature
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Composition I
- Composition II
2012-2015 Instructor, Purdue University
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to Composition
EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE
2018-present Reader, Southern Indiana Review
2015-present Reader, Midwestern Gothic
2013-2015 Book Review Editor, Sycamore Review
2012-2015 Reader, Sycamore Review
PUBLICATIONS (SHORT STORIES)
“The Real Thing” Third Coast (forthcoming)
“Interpreting American Gothic” Colorado Review (forthcoming)
“Heritage Theater” Joyland (November 2017)
“A Chain of Tiny Disasters” Narrative Magazine (Stories of the Week 2013-2014)
“Watch Out for Lions” (Reprint) Midwestern Gothic (Summer 2014)
“Bree Hadley” Carve Magazine (Fall 2013)
“Watch Out for Lions” So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art (Fall 2013)
“Joys and Concerns at Parkview Church” New Delta Review (Winter 2010)
PUBLICATIONS (CREATIVE NONFICTION)
“List: If Famous Novelists Were Adjuncts” McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (Winter 2017)
“A Stained Glass House” Michigan Quarterly Review (Fall 2014)
PUBLICATIONS (POETRY)
“Protocol” & “Today Facebook Notified Me about My Dead Coworker’s Birthday” The Pinch (Spring 2018)
“When I Watch the TV Show of the Man Who Took My Virginity” & “Epithalamium for a Bride on Vicodin” Arts & Letters (Spring 2015)
AWARDS
Winner,Third Coast’s 2018 Fiction Contest
Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train’sMarch/April 2016 Fiction Open
Finalist, Boulevard’s 2015 Fiction Contest for Emerging Writers
Narrative Magazine’s 2014 “Thirty Under Thirty” List
Runner-Up, Arts & Letters’ 2014 PRIME Poetry Prize
Finalist, Narrative Magazine’s 2014 Story Contest
Nomination, AWP Intro. Award, Purdue University 2013
First Place, Purdue Federal Credit Union Short Story Award, Purdue University 2013
Honorable Mention, Booth Tarkington Award, Purdue University 2013
Honorable Mention, Carve Magazine’s2013 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest
First Place, So to Speak’s 2013 Fiction Contest
Scholarship Award, The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature 2013
Honorable Mention, Glimmer Train’s 2011 Short Story Award for New Writers
SERVICE
2015-2016 Assessment Committee, Waldorf University
2015-2016 Faculty Advisor to the Warrior Writing Club, Waldorf University
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-2015 Visiting Writers’ Series Coordinator, Purdue University
- Responsibilities: organize and promote visiting writers’ readings at Purdue, book reading venues and hotel accommodations, write press releases, and communicate with local media outlets.
2007-2012 Corporate Writer, Modern Woodmen of America
- Responsibilities: write internal and external public relations materials, including web, ad, brochure, and commercial copy for a financial services organization.