curriculum vitae
Education
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN M.F.A. May 2020
Program: English - Creative Writing
Thesis: in the dream things are as they should be
Advisor: Dr. Donald Platt
Committee: Dr. Kaveh Akbar & Dr. Roxane Gay
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO B.A. May 2015
Major: English
Major: Communications
Editorial Appointments
Poetry Editor, Sycamore Review (Issues 30.1, 30.2) 2018 – 2020
Assistant Poetry Editor, Sycamore Review (Issues 29.1, 29.2) 2017 – 2018
Senior Poetry Editor, Copper Nickel (Issues 23, 24, 25) 2015 – 2017
Associate Poetry Editor, Copper Nickel (Issues 21, 22) 2014 – 2015
Associate Intern, Copper Nickel (Issues 20, 21) 2014 – 2015
Publications (Selected)
THE ADROIT JOURNAL
"What I Hate Most About Mom" & "Salvation Sonnet"
BEST NEW POETS (2020)
"Salvation Sonnet”
(Nominated by The Adroit Journal)
BOOTH
"Elegy for the Four Chambers of My Mother's Heart"
COLORADO REVIEW
“My Brother Stole Every Spoon in the House” & “Light Shines Through the Gristle” (Forthcoming)
COPPER NICKEL
"Every Word is My Mother's" and "Orchard" (Forthcoming)
COSMONAUTS AVENUE
"At the Arcade I Paint Your Footprints" (Forthcoming)
GULF COAST
“When the Body Says No but You Can’t Stop Swallowing”
HOBART PULP
"Every Poem I write is a Cauldron" and "Waiter Park"
KENYON REVIEW ONLINE
“Elegy for Brian, My Brother Who Has Been Missing for Ten Years” (Forthcoming)
NEW OHIO REVIEW
"Lucky," "Repossession," and "Train Prayer"
(Finalist for the 2018 NOR Poetry Prize judged by Kevin Prufer)
SPLIT LIP MAGAZINE
“A River Is a Body Running” (Forthcoming)
THE PINCH
"everywhere brother" and "super soakers" (Forthcoming)
THRUSH
"An American Birthday"
Academic Appointments
Graduate Tutor, Purdue Writing Lab & OWL 2018 – 2020
Graduate Teaching Assistant (Instructor of Record) 2017 – 2020
Writing Consultant and Lecturer, CU Denver Writing Center 2013 – 2018
Teaching Assistant, CU Denver, Summer Bridge Program 2017
Teaching Assistant, Pre-Collegiate Program 2009
Health Science Writing Intern, Anschutz Medical Campus 2008
Conference Participations
Presenter – IWCA, Columbus, OH 2019
“Embracing Discomfort: A Heuristic-based Approach to Reflexive Antiracist Praxis”
Operator – AWP, Portland, OR 2019
Sycamore Review Book Fair Table, Issues 29.2 & 30.01
Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2017
“Blending Methodologies: Creative Writing in the Writing Center”
Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2016
“All-Inclusive Advertising: Rhetorical Imaging to Encourage Visits From all Students”
Operator – AWP, Minneapolis, MN 2015
Copper Nickel Book Fair Table, Issues 20 & 21
Presenter – CWWTC, Denver, CO 2015
“Making It Stick: The Efficacy of Building Rapport in Writing Centers”
Operator – Denver Small Press Fest, Denver, CO 2015
Copper Nickel Book Fair Table, Issues 20 & 21
Guest Lecturer Workshops (Selected)
AUSTIN PUBLIC LIBRARY – MAYOR’S BOOK CLUB, POETRY WORKSHOPS
Your New Feeling is an Artifact of a Bygone Era 2020
VIOLENCE/JOY/CHAOS 2020
I Scream Social, Feminist Anthology 2020
Listen to the Trees 2020
Revisiting the Elegy in the Black Lives Matter Era 2020
The Nightgown and Other Poems 2020
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
Basics of Grammar and Mechanics 2016 - 2017
MLA Citation and Documentation (8th Ed.) 2016 - 2017
Academic Writing in College: TRiO (First Gen College Students) 2015 - 2017
Basics of Rhetorical Grammar 2015 - 2017
Crafting a Literature Review 2015 - 2017
Artist Statements and Bios (BFA Track) 2014 - 2017
Developing Arguments and Thesis Statements 2014 - 2017
Effective Revision: Global, Paragraph, and Sentence-level Revision 2014 - 2017
APA Style Citation and Documentation 2013 - 2017
MLA Citation and Documentation (7th Ed.) 2013 - 2016
COLORADO STATE PENITENTIARY
“First Lines in Fiction and Poetry” (Between the Bars Program) 2017
EAST HIGH SCHOOL
“Evaluating Unsolicited Submissions” (Serendipity Literary Journal) 2016
“First Lines in Fiction and Poetry” (Honors Creative Writing) 2016
Teaching Experience
PURDUE UNIVERSITY, INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
Introductory Composition at Purdue (ICaP)
English 106: Digital Rhetorics (Fall 2017/Spring 2018/Fall 2018)
Creative Writing Department at Purdue
English 205: Introduction to Creative Writing (Fall 2019/Fall 2020)
Teaching and Research Areas
Core Composition Chicanx Studies
Creative Writing Ethnic Studies
Poetry Fiction
Professional Development (Selected)
University of Colorado Denver, Writing Center
Reflexivity in Teaching Pedagogy 2016
Public Speaking and Presentation Strategies 2016
Engaging the Disengaged Student 2015
Consulting on Asynchronous Platforms 2015
Safety Procedures in Academic Spaces 2015
Unknown Topics and Divergent Thinking 2015
Plagiarism as a Teachable Moment 2014
Rhetorical Grammar and Syntax 2014
Working with Students with Disabilities 2014
Teaching Writing Across the Curriculum 2014
Mapping Strategies for Teaching Creative Writing 2013
How to Approach Graduate-Level Writing 2013
Technical Genres: Lit Reviews, Policy Letters, and Grants 2013
Working with Non-Native English Speakers 2013
Leadership
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Graduate Teaching Panel, Committee Member 2019 – 2020
MFA Reading Series, Coordinator & Host 2019 – 2020
Purdue Student Union Poetry Slam, Judge 2019 – 2020
Graduate Student English Association, Creative Writing Liaison 2017 – 2018
University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO
Department Poetry Award, Judge 2016 – 2017
Literary Publishing Club, Vice President 2014 – 2016
International TEA meetings, Volunteer 2014 – 2015
Professional Memberships
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Modern Language Association
Awards
Barriss and Iola Mills Award (Poetry) 2020
Purdue Federal Credit Union Award (First Place, Creative Nonfiction) 2020
Kneale Award for Creative Writing (Second Place, Poetry) 2020
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, Creative Writing, Purdue University 2020
Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, English Comp, Purdue University 2019
Outstanding Graduate Tutor Award, Purdue Writing Lab 2019
Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching Award 2019
Quintillion Award for Teaching at Purdue 2017 – 2018
Daniels Fund Scholarship, CU Denver 2009 – 2015
Pre-Collegiate Scholarship, CU Denver 2009 – 2015
Technical Skills
InDesign Photoshop
WordPress HTML and CSS