Education
2008 Ph.D., English, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, DC
2000 MA, English, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1991 MFA, Creative Writing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1985 BA, English, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
2000 MA, English, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1991 MFA, Creative Writing, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
1985 BA, English, Washington College, Chestertown, MD
Employment
2010 - now Associate Professor of English, Northeast State Community College
2008 - 2010 Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow, East Tennessee State University
2003 - 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Catholic University of America .
2003 - 2008 Instructor, Washington College
2008 - 2010 Post Doctoral Teaching Fellow, East Tennessee State University
2003 - 2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Catholic University of America .
2003 - 2008 Instructor, Washington College
Teaching Awards
2008 Digital Innovator Award, for Support of Digital Media Literacy, Washington College
2006 Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002 Evaluative Ranking, Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2000 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware
2006 Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002 Evaluative Ranking, Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2000 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware
Publications and Writing Distinctions
2014 Publications Forthcoming
“Snooze Alarm Alligators,” poem, THEMA, Summer 2014.
“Spectrum 13,” novella, Blue Lake Review, April 2014.
“Mathematical Emo,” poem, Barely South Review, Winter 2014.
“Nightly Drowning,” poem, OCEAN Magazine, Winter 2014.
“Smoke Signals Over Long Distances,” poem, Brevity Poetry Journal, Winter 2014.
2013 Publications
Essays
“Me & Achilles,” The Blue Hour Magazine, August 1.
“Cultural Dissonance and Norfolk,” The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, JHU, June 25.
“Enraptured in East Tennessee,” Punchnel’s, June 13.
Short Fiction
“Dream House Holiday,” Beorh Quarterly, November 2.
“Fizz and Blending,” Eunoia Review, November 1.
“Break-fast,” Postcard Shorts, October 21.
“Passing into Shadow,” Eternal Haunted Summer, September 21.
“Hounded Grey Stop,” in Bewildering Stories, August 21.
Poetry
“Ahab's Day,” a poem, VAYAVYA, in press, December 2013 issue.
“Ode to Mrs. Hutchinson,” Glassfire Magazine, Fall 2013 issue.
“Apprenticeship," Four Ties Lit Review, vol. 2, issue 1, August 3.
“December Blue Moon,” River Poets Journal Special Anthology Edition, July 13.
“August Vortex,” Bop Dead City, First Prize, Summer Contest issue, July 10.
“Will’o’Wisp,” Rose Red Review, July 5.
“Monday, Erasure Of,” Spark: A Creative Anthology, July 1.
“Time Zone Disjunction,” Waterhouse Review (London), Summer issue, June 29.
“Poseidon Night,” Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice issue, June 21.
“The Elixir,” The Silver Blade, June 12. MP3 also published.
“Night Journeys in a Cardboard Boat,” Third Wednesday, Summer issue, June 10.
“Salt N Pepper: Shut Ya Mouth,” Alimentum Journal, April 5.
“Uncles in Jail,” Poetic Story, KY Story Press, March 30.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Fellowship, Key West Literary Society, plus lodging for January 2014 Conference
2008 Digital Innovator of the Year, for Support of Digital Media Productions by Students
& Use of Digital Media as a Teaching Tool, Washington College
2006 Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002 Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2002 Individual Artist Award for Excellence in the Novel, Governor’s Citation for Excellence,
Maryland State Arts Council, for American Arcana
2000 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware
1999 “In Thor’s Defense: John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction” Proceedings from the 1st Annual
John Gardner Conference, ed. Jim Fessenden, John Gardner Society
1985 The Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation
Given upon graduation from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
2013 “Enkidu, Grendel, and the Half-Beast Man,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY, April 5.
2011 “Life Affirmation and the Isolated Heroes of John Gardner’s Fiction,” John Gardner
Conference, Batavia, NY, April 10.
2009 “The Character and Dialogue Workshop” Literary Society, East Tennessee State University, March 4.
2008 “Digital Video and Creative Non-Fiction in the Composition Classroom,” Washington College
“The Ghosts of Chestertown and Kent County,” The Kent County Historical Society, Chestertown, MD
“Gardner’s Banned Novel: Balance in Grendel and in Beowulf,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY
2007 “What College English Professors Expect,” Chesapeake Home School Network, Centreville, MD
2006 “James Joyce’s Macintosh Man: Mystery Solved,” College English Association, MAG, Rockville MD
“Linguistic Brilliance, in Gardner’s Mickelsson’s Ghosts,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
World Literature, British Literature Survey (I & II), American Literature Survey (I & II), Creative Writing, Composition (I & II), Honors Composition, Modernism/Postmodernism, Fantasy Literature, Business Communication
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2011 Peer Reviewer for LIT, Literature Interpretation Theory.
2007 Director and Organizer, The Gardner Legacy: A John Gardner Memorial Festival, John Gardner Society Festival, Susquehanna, PA, April 12.
SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION
2012-13 Northeast State Community College
Writing Assessment Committee, English Department
Hiring Committee, Humanities Division
Poetry Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
Creative Non-Fiction Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
Admissions Subcommittee
2009 East Tennessee State University
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Rubric Assessment in the Department
Restructuring the Composition II Course
AFFILIATIONS
The John Gardner Society, Batavia, New York
Omicron Delta Kappa
The Modern Languages Association
American Association of University Professors
“Snooze Alarm Alligators,” poem, THEMA, Summer 2014.
“Spectrum 13,” novella, Blue Lake Review, April 2014.
“Mathematical Emo,” poem, Barely South Review, Winter 2014.
“Nightly Drowning,” poem, OCEAN Magazine, Winter 2014.
“Smoke Signals Over Long Distances,” poem, Brevity Poetry Journal, Winter 2014.
2013 Publications
Essays
“Me & Achilles,” The Blue Hour Magazine, August 1.
“Cultural Dissonance and Norfolk,” The Doctor T.J. Eckleburg Review, JHU, June 25.
“Enraptured in East Tennessee,” Punchnel’s, June 13.
Short Fiction
“Dream House Holiday,” Beorh Quarterly, November 2.
“Fizz and Blending,” Eunoia Review, November 1.
“Break-fast,” Postcard Shorts, October 21.
“Passing into Shadow,” Eternal Haunted Summer, September 21.
“Hounded Grey Stop,” in Bewildering Stories, August 21.
Poetry
“Ahab's Day,” a poem, VAYAVYA, in press, December 2013 issue.
“Ode to Mrs. Hutchinson,” Glassfire Magazine, Fall 2013 issue.
“Apprenticeship," Four Ties Lit Review, vol. 2, issue 1, August 3.
“December Blue Moon,” River Poets Journal Special Anthology Edition, July 13.
“August Vortex,” Bop Dead City, First Prize, Summer Contest issue, July 10.
“Will’o’Wisp,” Rose Red Review, July 5.
“Monday, Erasure Of,” Spark: A Creative Anthology, July 1.
“Time Zone Disjunction,” Waterhouse Review (London), Summer issue, June 29.
“Poseidon Night,” Eternal Haunted Summer, Summer Solstice issue, June 21.
“The Elixir,” The Silver Blade, June 12. MP3 also published.
“Night Journeys in a Cardboard Boat,” Third Wednesday, Summer issue, June 10.
“Salt N Pepper: Shut Ya Mouth,” Alimentum Journal, April 5.
“Uncles in Jail,” Poetic Story, KY Story Press, March 30.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Fellowship, Key West Literary Society, plus lodging for January 2014 Conference
2008 Digital Innovator of the Year, for Support of Digital Media Productions by Students
& Use of Digital Media as a Teaching Tool, Washington College
2006 Teacher of the Month, Alpha Kappa Gamma, The Catholic University of America
2002 Distinguished Member of the Faculty, West Chester University
2002 Individual Artist Award for Excellence in the Novel, Governor’s Citation for Excellence,
Maryland State Arts Council, for American Arcana
2000 Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Member of the Year, University of Delaware
1999 “In Thor’s Defense: John Gardner’s On Moral Fiction” Proceedings from the 1st Annual
John Gardner Conference, ed. Jim Fessenden, John Gardner Society
1985 The Sophie Kerr Prize, the largest undergraduate literary prize in the nation
Given upon graduation from Washington College, in Chestertown, MD
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
2013 “Enkidu, Grendel, and the Half-Beast Man,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY, April 5.
2011 “Life Affirmation and the Isolated Heroes of John Gardner’s Fiction,” John Gardner
Conference, Batavia, NY, April 10.
2009 “The Character and Dialogue Workshop” Literary Society, East Tennessee State University, March 4.
2008 “Digital Video and Creative Non-Fiction in the Composition Classroom,” Washington College
“The Ghosts of Chestertown and Kent County,” The Kent County Historical Society, Chestertown, MD
“Gardner’s Banned Novel: Balance in Grendel and in Beowulf,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY
2007 “What College English Professors Expect,” Chesapeake Home School Network, Centreville, MD
2006 “James Joyce’s Macintosh Man: Mystery Solved,” College English Association, MAG, Rockville MD
“Linguistic Brilliance, in Gardner’s Mickelsson’s Ghosts,” John Gardner Conference, Batavia, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
World Literature, British Literature Survey (I & II), American Literature Survey (I & II), Creative Writing, Composition (I & II), Honors Composition, Modernism/Postmodernism, Fantasy Literature, Business Communication
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
2011 Peer Reviewer for LIT, Literature Interpretation Theory.
2007 Director and Organizer, The Gardner Legacy: A John Gardner Memorial Festival, John Gardner Society Festival, Susquehanna, PA, April 12.
SERVICE TO THE INSTITUTION
2012-13 Northeast State Community College
Writing Assessment Committee, English Department
Hiring Committee, Humanities Division
Poetry Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
Creative Non-Fiction Editor, Echoes & Images Literary Magazine
Admissions Subcommittee
2009 East Tennessee State University
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee
Rubric Assessment in the Department
Restructuring the Composition II Course
AFFILIATIONS
The John Gardner Society, Batavia, New York
Omicron Delta Kappa
The Modern Languages Association
American Association of University Professors