curriculum vitae
Semifinalist, 2021 Autumn House Rising Writer Contest (Arcanum), 2021
Semifinalist, 2020 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2020
Semifinalist, 2020 Antivenom Poetry Award (for The Auspices), 2020
Semifinalist, the Brittingham & Pollak Prizes for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2019
Finalist, Ploughshares 2019 Emerging Writers Contest, 2019
Finalist, 2019 BOAAT Book Prize (for The Auspices), 2019
Runner-up, 2019 Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry (The Auspices), 2019
Semifinalist, 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award (for The Auspices), 2019
Finalist, 2019 Autumn House Rising Writer Contest (The Auspices), 2019
Semifinalist, Akron Prize for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2018
Semifinalist, the Brittingham & Pollak Prizes for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2018
UWM William Harrold Memorial Poetry Award for “Summer Squall,” 2018
UWM William Harrold Memorial Poetry Award for “Summer Squall,” 2018
Runner-up, 2018 Autumn House Rising Writer Contest (The Auspices), 2018
Finalist, 2017 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry (for The Auspices), 2017
Finalist, Anhinga-Robert Dana Poetry Prize (for The Auspices), 2017
UWM James A. Sappenfield Fellowship, 2017
Finalist, 2017 Autumn House Rising Writer Contest (for The Auspices), 2017
UWM William Harrold Memorial Poetry Award for “Cotard’s Delusion,” 2016
Finalist, 2016 Rick Campbell Chapbook Prize (for Snare), 2016
Finalist, 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry (for The Auspices), 2016
Pushcart nomination from West Branch for “Ophelia Corresponds,” 2015
Pushcart nomination from Quarterly West for “Rebellion,” 2015
Semifinalist, the Brittingham & Pollak Prizes for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2015
Semifinalist, the OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2015
Semifinalist, 2015 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award (for The Auspices), 2015
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2015 Poetry Manuscript Award (for Plunder), 2015
Semifinalist, the OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry (for The Auspices), 2014
Student Success Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014
Finalist, 2014 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Prize (for The Auspices), 2014
Semifinalist, 17th Annual Blue Lynx Prize in Poetry (for The Auspices), 2014
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2014 Manuscript Editor’s Prize (for The Auspices), 2014
Finalist, Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Awards, 2011
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
Creative Writing (Poetry), 2013 – 2019
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Dissertation: The Auspices (poetry) and craft essay
Advisor: Rebecca Dunham
Master of Arts
Creative Writing (Poetry), 2010 – 2013
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Thesis: Plunder (poetry)
Advisor: Rebecca Dunham
Bachelor of Arts
Major, English, 2007 – 2010
Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Publication Awards
Conferences
& Readings
Faculty participant, Creative WritingPublishing Panel/Discussion, Marquette University English Department, 2021
Exhibitor, representing cream city review, AWP Conference, 2012-2015
“A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Composition Forum,” First-Year Composition
Forum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI 2013
Exhibitor, representing New American Press, AWP Conference, 2013
Readings
Featured Poet, ReLit MU Reading Series, Marquette University, featured reader, 2020
Featured Poet Recital, Poet’s Monday at Linneman's Riverwest Inn, featured reader, 2018
Snare book launch, Woodland Pattern Book Center, featured reader, 2018
Poets Read Some Stuff Someplace in Milwaukee reading series, featured reader, 2018
Woodland Pattern’s 23rd Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit, invited reader, 2017
Woodland Pattern’s 22nd Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit, invited reader, 2016
United We Read: Student/Faculty Reading Series, Milwaukee 2016
Invited reader for UWM Poetry Month library reading, Milwaukee, 2015
United We Read: Student/Faculty Reading Series, Milwaukee, 2015
Speak, Poet: UWM Graduate Student Poetry Reading, Milwaukee, 2015
Vermont Studio Center Resident Reading, 2015
Woodland Pattern’s 21st Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit, invited reader, 2015
Of Spirit, Witness, and Social Justice Reading, Milwaukee, 2014
Woodland Pattern’s 20th Annual Poetry Marathon and Benefit, invited reader, 2014
United We Read: Student/Faculty Reading Series, Milwaukee, 2013
Invited reader for UWM Poetry Month library reading, Milwaukee, 2013
Featured poet, alongside Poet Debra Bruce, Chicago, 2013
United We Read: Student/Faculty Reading Series, Milwaukee 2012
National Poetry Month reading, Milwaukee, 2012
Eat Local::Read Local, Milwaukee, 2012
Eat Local::Read Local, Milwaukee, 2011
Professional
Experience
Teaching Experience
Visiting Assistant Professor of English | Marquette University, 2020-Present
English 5260: Creative Writing: Poetry
English 4260: Creative Writing: Poetry
English 3240: Introduction to Creative Writing (multiple sections)
English 3240: Crafting the Short Story (multiple sections)
English 2000: Literature, History, and Culture
English 1001: Foundations in Rhetoric (multiple sections)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2018-2019
Writing 114: Intensive Blugold Seminar in Reading and Writing (multiple sections)
Writing 116: Blugold Seminar in Reading and Writing (multiple sections)
Writing 118: Advanced Blugold Seminar in Reading and Writing (multiple sections)
Graduate Teaching Associate | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2013-2018
English 101: Introduction to College Writing (multiple sections)
English 102: College Writing and Research (multiple sections)
English 233: Introduction to Creative Writing (multiple sections)
Honors Writing Instructor | Northwestern University, Center for Talent Development
Summer Honors Creative Writing, summer 2015
Private educational tutor
Serving students aged 13 to 55, 2006 – present
Academic Service
Contest judge, Kirkwood Poetry Award, UWEC English Department Prize, 2019
Plan C Mentor Coordinator, English Department, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014-2018
Co-Curator, Eat Local::Read Local, Milwaukee, 2013-2014
Workshop Facilitator, Lyrical Sanctuary- In Memoriam: Maya Angelou, 2014
Editorial Service
Poetry manuscript reader, New American Poetry Prize 2020, 2020
Poetry manuscript reader, New American Poetry Prize 2019, 2019
Poetry manuscript reader, New American Poetry Prize 2018, 2018
Poetry manuscript reader, New American Poetry Prize 2017, 2017
Fiction editor, cream city review, 2015-2016
Poetry manuscript reader, Great Lakes Poetry Prize, 2015
Contributing poetry editor, Great Lakes Review, 2013-Present
Contributing critic for Chicago Theater Review, 2013-2014
Editor and Co-curator, Eat Local::Read Local, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2013-2014
Web editor, cream city review, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2012-2014
Associate editor, cream city review, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2011-2013
Memberships
& Outreach
Memberships
The OScholars, 2009-present
AWP, 2011-present
Poetry Society of America, 2016-present
Modern Language Association, 2017-present
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Community Outreach
Certified Ally/Safe Space Provider, UWM LGBT+ Center, 2014
Guest Speaker, Poetry in the Schools, Stormonth Elementary School, Fox Point, WI, May 2012
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite
Course management systems
Google applications
Microsoft Office Suite
Prezi
Social media applications
Audio/Visual software
Languages
English (native)
French (conversational)
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Grants & Fellowships
Tinsley Helton Dissertation Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2018
UWM James A. Sappenfield Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2017
Residency and merit scholarship, Vermont Studio Center, 2015
Student Success Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014
Half-scholarship and faculty nomination, The New York State Writer’s Institute, 2012