I specialize in teaching and mentoring in poetry & poetics, creative nonfiction, the literary essay, hybrid forms, trauma writing, experimental forms, visual forms, semiotics, narratology, creative writing pedagogy, and writing & social change.

I earned a PhD in Comparative Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Cincinnati and have taught widely at institutions across the US.

Select Courses 

Franklin & Marshall College
English 480: Advanced Creative Writing: Thesis Capstone
English 382: Writing Poetry (intermediate)
English 384: Writing Nonfiction (intermediate)
English 225: Introduction to Creative Writing

The University of North Texas
English 3150: Poetry Writing Workshop
English 3160: Creative Nonfiction Workshop
English 1310: First Year Writing

Webster University
English 2180: Creative Nonfiction Workshop
English 3300: Twentieth-Century Poetics
English 1030: Introduction to Literature
English 3030: Topics in Poetry: Hybrid Forms
English 2086: US Literature of Diversity
English 2150: Creative Writing: Poetry

The University of Cincinnati
English 3055: Creative Writing from Real Life
English 3049: Creative Writing and Social Change
English 2017: Introduction to Poetry
English 2010: Introduction to Prose & Poetry: Hybrid Forms
English 1001: English Composition

Stanford University
English 91: Creative Nonfiction
English 92: Reading and Writing Poetry
CNF 44: An Introduction to Creative Writing
CNF 54: Writing the Personal Essay, Continuing Studies
CNF 53W: An Introduction to Creative Writing
POET 16: The Making of a Poem, Continuing Studies
POET 19W: Writing Poetry: Shaping Language and Sound
CNF 45: Writing True: An Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
POET 22: Writing Poetry: From Feeling to Form
English 60/160: Poetry and Poetics, TA to Eavan Boland
Independent Study, Levinthal Tutorial in Poetry
Independant Study, Levinthal Tutorial in Non-Fiction

Adelphi University
Eng 306: Contemporary Poetry Literature Course