Education

• M.F.A., Poetry, University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2021

Thesis: “half-life”

Thesis Committee: Yona Harvey (Chair), Dawn Lundy Martin, Piotr

Gwiazda, Diana Khoi Nguyen

• B.A., cum laude, Poetry, Columbia College Chicago, Spring 2018

• A.S., Sound Engineering, Full Sail University, November 2012

 

Faculty Positions

• Temporary Full-time Faculty, Hillsborough Community College; 2022-Present

• Graduate Instructor, University of Pittsburgh; 2019-2021

 

Courses Taught

• English Composition I & II

• Introduction to Creative Writing

• Introduction to Poetry

 

Community Workshops

• Creative Writing Workshop, Pittsburgh Veterans Affairs, 2019-2020

 

Academic & Administrative Positions

• Co-Curator, Pitt Speakeasy Reading Series, 2018-2021

• Co-Curator, Manifest - Graduating English Department Reading

• Chairman of Student Organizations, Columbia College Chicago, 2015-2017

• Founder/President, Point Blank Poetry Club, 2015-2018

 

Teaching Interests

Creative Writing; Documentary Poetry; Video Essay; Video Poetry; Lyric Essay; Eco-Poetics; Visual & Illustrated Poetry; Digital Literature; Creative Non-fiction;

 

Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards

• YES YES Books Full-Length Manuscript Contest, Longlisted, Spring 2023

• Black Lawrence Press Chapbook Contest, Semi-Finalist, Winter 2022

• Scott Merrill Poetry Award, Semi-Finalist, Key West Literary Seminar, Spring 2021

• College Prize, Winner, Academy of American Poets, May 2020

• Arts & Science Graduate Fellow, University of Pittsburgh, 2018-2019

• Honors Research Award, Columbia College Chicago, April 2018

• Jay W. Boersma Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, Spring 2017

• Elma Stuckey Poetry Prize, Columbia College Chicago, Spring 2016

• Fiction Scholarship, Columbia College Chicago, 2015-2018

• Fiction Award (First), Valencia College, December 2014

 

Publications

Poetry

• "Equinox" Allium, Spring 2023

• “Soldier’s Disease” Notre Dame Review, Spring 2022

• “half-baked” FreezeRay, April 2021

• “Invocation” New York Quarterly, Without a Doubt: poems illuminating faith, Forthcoming 2022

• “half-life” Academy of American Poets, October 2020

• “After Your Father’s Funeral” & “Every Christmas” Slushpile, March 2020

• “Mrs. Corson’s Classroom” Crab Orchard Review, October 2019

• “I love you (lipogram)” The Standard Hotel, Miami, September 2019

• “The Addict as Dog Walker” The Offing, June 2019

• “Vanishing Point” Hooligan, April 2018

• “Black Hawk Down 2” Ode to the City, August 2017

• “Morning Visit” Entropy, June 2017

• “run” december, November 2015

 

Prose

• "As a young college instructor, why do I outearn my mom, a Florida teacher for 30 years?" Tampa Bay Times, September 2022

• “The Riverwood Dog-track,” Fallero, December 2014

 

Multimedia

• "The Blue Version" - Permafrost, forthcoming Spring 2024

• “Our Pool,” Aquifer: The Florida Review Online, September 2018

 

Multimedia Proficiencies

Podcasting; Music Production; Broadcasting; Video Podcasting; Live-Streaming; Logic; Pro Tools; Premiere Pro; InDesign; Photoshop; StreamLabs OBS

 

Exhibitions, Readings, Panels

Exhibition

• 24th Annual Hopkin Honors Gallery, “Battle Rap Series” & “Ride or Die,” April 2017
   

Readings

• White Whale Bookstore, Pittsburgh, September 2019

• Badgerstock Poetry Festival, Sioux Falls, July 2019

• Staghorn Reading Series, Pittsburgh, January 2019

• Citywide Poetry Festival, Chicago, April 2018

• Columbia College Reading Series (Opening Reader), March 2018

• Horizon Reading Series, Chicago, November, 2017

• Chicago Book Expo, Chicago, October 2017

• Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, Guild Literary Complex, April 2017

• Caffeinated Confessions (Featured Reader), Chicago, December 2016

• In-One Ear Open Mic (Feature Reader), Chicago, December  2016

 

Panels & Conference Talks

• “Persona Poetry & Race in DocuPoetry," Documentary Poetics Popular Protest, and Activism: An International Poetics’ Seminar, American University of Paris, Summer 2023

• "Vibe Check: Cultivating a Healthy and Engaging Classroom," HCC, Spring 2023

• Publishing 101, Columbia College Chicago, October 2016

• Applying for Creative Writing, Columbia College Chicago, 2016-2018

 

Artist Residencies

• Tin House Summer Writing Workshop, July 2019

• Juniper Writing Residency, June 2019

• Atlantic Center for the Arts Artist Residency, May 2018

• Winter Tangerine Online Writing Retreat, June 2016

 

Volunteer & Internships

• Curator, Applied Words Panel Series, Guild Literary Complex, 2017-2018

• Guest-Judge, Louder Than a Bomb, Chicago Spring 2018

• Volunteer Judge, Louder Than a Bomb, Chicago, Spring 2017

• Instructor (Writing), Chicago Lights, Point Blank Poetry Club, 2017

• Book Drive, Point Blank Poetry Club, Chicago, 2017-2018

• Clothing Drive, Point Blank Poetry Club, Chicago, 2016-2018