BOOKS:
- The Meager Life and Modest Times of Pop Thorndale. Poems. (Winner of the 2006 NSFSP Stevens Poetry Manuscript Prize.) NFSPS Press, 2007.
- Poets on Place: Tales and Interviews from the Road. Utah State University Press, 2005.
- Writing that Matters: A Rhetoric for the New Classroom. Prentice Hall, 1999.
- Plug In: The Guide to Music on the Net. (with Ted M. Gurley), Prentice Hall, 1996.
TEACHING:
Part-Time Instructor
Central New Mexico Community College
1.08-present
• Teaching first year writing
Associate Professor
Georgetown College – Georgetown, Kentucky
8.04-6.07
• Taught first year writing, sophomore English literature, poetry, and creative nonfiction.
• Developed curricula for creative writing minor.
• Coordinated faculty writing workshops.
• Poetry editor and art director for Georgetown Review.
Director of Expository Writing
Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, Maryland
6.00-6.03
• Designed, administered, and taught in a new undergraduate writing program.
• Trained, mentored, and supervised approximately 60 graduate students from several departments.
• Designed and implemented second year “writing in the major” program.
• Administered budgets for two programs totaling approximately $300,000.
Associate Professor of Liberal Arts / Writing Program Coordinator
Nova Southeastern University – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
6.99-6.00
• Administered and taught in the college’s writing program: hiring, scheduling, administration, and evaluation of full and part time instruction.
• Administered undergraduate Writing Across the Curriculum program.
• Selected textbooks, designed standard syllabi for courses on and off-campus.
• Developed web presence for the Writing Program and the Liberal Arts Department.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Texas Woman’s University – Denton, Texas
6.98-5.99
• Taught American literature classes and seminars.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Texas Wesleyan University – Fort Worth, Texas
8.92-12.98
• Taught freshman and advanced composition, creative writing, contemporary American (graduate & undergraduate), American and World surveys, Shakespeare, and modern drama.
Tenure-Track Instructor
McLennan College – Waco, Texas
8.89-5.92
• Taught British literature and first year writing. Committee work included: Chair – Composition Exit Exam; Chair – Literary Magazine Proposal; Chair – Placement Test.
EDUCATION:
- Ph.D. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. GPA: 3.9. March 1990.
- M.F.A. The American University, Washington D.C. GPA: 3.7. December 1984.
- B.A. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. GPA: 3.1. May 1983.
SELECTED CREATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
• “President Dream,” Indiana Review 34:1 (Summer 2012): 81-82.
• “Halloween 1970,” Cortland Review 51 (May 2011).
• “The Sad Ponies,” Kentucky Monthly 11:8 (August 2008): 73.
• “Night of the Pig,” Cottonwood 65 (Spring 2007): 21.
• “Jimi James, Breadmaker,” Kiss the Sky: Fiction and Poetry Starring Jimi Hendrix.” Ed. Richard Peabody. Washington DC: Paycock Press, 2007: 72-76
• “Second Marriage,” Antioch Review 65:1 (Winter 2007): 116.
• “Seams,” Connecticut Review. 29:1 (Spring 2007): 11-12.
• “Bad History,” Virginia Quarterly Review 82:4 (Fall 2006): 209.
• “Losing Clare,” Nimrod 49:2 (Spring/Summer 2006): 209.
• “Tattoos,” North American Review 291:2 (March-April 2006): 20.
• “Breakfast,” Greensboro Review 77 (Spring 2005): 69.
• “New Mexico,” “Highway Song.” Exit 13 12 (Winter 2004): 69-70.
• “Birmingham,” New Orleans Review 30:2 (Winter 2004): 79. Pushcart Prize Nominee.
• “Map Reading,” North American Review 289 (Spring 2004): 29.
• “Satellites,” Hayden’s Ferry Review 32 (Spring/Summer 2003): 96.
• “Texas,” South Carolina Review. 36:1 (Fall 2003): 29.
• “Dancing With.” Confrontation. 82/83 (Spring/Summer 2003): 332.
• “Playing in a Band in Fantasyland,” Gargoyle 47 (Fall 2003): 79.
• “Florida,” “Foreigners,” “Winter,” “On My First Visit to Washington D.C.,” Aura Literary Arts Review 29:1 (Spring 2003): 67-70.
• “Jimi Hendrix, Bread Maker,” Carolina Quarterly 54.1 (2002): 85-88.
• “Porch Swing,” Zuzu’s Petals 17 (Winter 1998).
• “Manny,” “Meet the Neighborhood,” Mississippi Review Web Edition 4:6 (June 1998).
• “Wyoming,” Kansas Quarterly, 26 (1995): 285.
• “Contemporary Morality,” Georgetown Review 2:2 (Spring 1994): 15-19.
• “Meetings,” The Ohio Review 50 (Spring 1993): 99.
• “Promises,” Georgetown Review 1:1 (Spring 1993): 25-33. Pushcart Prize nominee.
• “Emily at the Playground,” “Hero,” “Reclining,” “How to Throw a Baby Chicken,” Mississippi Review 15:3 (Spring/Summer 1987): 59-65.
SCHOLARSHIP & PRESENTATIONS:
• “The Short, Brave Life of RateYourStudents.com.” Chronicle of Higher Education 57:15 (3 Dec. 2010): B12-13.
• “All it Takes is One Good Student.” Chronicle of Higher Education 57:3 (10 Sept. 2010): A30.
• “A Wandering Academic Accepts Tenure.” Chronicle of Higher Education 51:26 (4 Mar. 2005): C3.
• “Alan Shapiro in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 33:1 (January/February 2005): 38-41.
• “Beth Ann Fennelly in Oxford, Mississippi.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 32:6 (November/December 2004): 30-32.
• “Carl Phillips in St. Louis, Missouri.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 32:5 (September/October 2004): 34-36.
• “Donald Revell in Las Vegas, Nevada.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 32:4 (July/August 2004): 28-30.
• “David St. John in Venice, California.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 32:3 (May/June 2004): 28-30.
• “Floyd Skloot in Amity, Oregon.” Poets on Place series. Poets & Writers 32:2 (March/April 2004): 30-31.
• “Grading: A Game We Must Not Play.” Roundtable Discussion. Modern Language Association. New York, 29 Dec. 2002.
• “New Initiatives in the Writing Program at JHU.” Roundtable Discussion on Teaching Writing In and Across the Disciplines. Modern Language Association. New Orleans, 29 Dec. 2001.
• “The Easeful Life of the Academic.” Chronicle of Higher Education. (Web) 8 Oct. 2000.
• “The Sorry Plight of the Successful Job Candidate.” Chronicle of Higher Education 46:21 (28 Jan. 2000): B8.
• “A Former Adjunct Professor Comes (Mostly) Clean.” Chronicle of Higher Education. (Web) 6 Aug. 1999.
• “Hey, That Adjunct is Using the Wrong Fork: Humanizing the Part-Time Beast.” Roundtable Presentation. Modern Language Association. Chicago, 30 Dec. 1999.
NEW POETRY MANUSCRIPTS:
My Coolest Shirt (formerly titled Nowhere), a collection of poems:
• Semi-Finalist for 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
• Semi-Finalist for 2010 Blue Lynx Prize.
• Semi-Finalist for 2010 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
• Semi-Finalist for 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
• Semi-Finalist for 2008 Hudson Prize
• Semi-Finalist for 2007 University of Wisconsin Press Poetry Series.
• Semi-Finalist for 2007 Black Lawrence Press St. Lawrence Book Award.
• Finalist for 2007 Idaho Prize in Poetry
• Semi-Finalist for 2007 Elixir Press Poetry Award
• Finalist for 2006 Blue Lynx Prize
• Semi-Finalist for 2006 Elixir Press Poetry Award.
• Semi-Finalist for 2005 Black Lawrence Press St. Lawrence Book Award
Sound of the World, a collection of poems:
• Semi-Finalist for 2011 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry.
