Lecturer

Office: Fretwell 245P
Phone: 704.687.4311
Email:

Education

• M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• B.A., Lake Erie College

• Rhetoric & Composition
• Poetry

Selected Publications and Presentations
Poems in Refereed Journals and Anthologies
“The Geography of Desire,” “An Afternoon in Andalucia,” “Soledad,”The Broad River Review, Fall, 2005.
“You Feel It,” “The Province of Fathers,” “I Watch Our Daughter for a Cue.”We Used to be Wives. Ed. Jane Butkin Roth. Santa Barbara: Fithian, 2002.
“Our Evening Together Wasn’t Like…,” “Bestiary.” Out of the Rough. Ed. Dorothy Thompson. Charlotte: Novello Festival Press, 2001.

Invited Poetry Readings

• Winthrop University, Apr. 2005.
• “Six Writers in Search of the Muse Panel, Gaston Public Library, 9 Oct. 2004.
• Queens University Library, Poetry Panel, Charlotte, 15 Apr. 2004.
• CPCC Literary Festival, Charlotte, 23 Mar. 2004
• Winthrop, The Intuitive Eye graduate class, 19 Feb. 2004.
• Shelby Public Library, Oct. 2003.
• Shu-Te University, Taiwan, 17 Dec. 2003.
• UNCC, The Writing Project Fall Conference: Luncheon Address, Sept. 2003.
• Mitchell State Community College, Statesville, Apr. 2003

Courses Taught

• ENGL 1101: English Composition
• ENGL 2126: Introduction to Creative Writing
• ENGL 2127: Introduction to Poetry Writing
• AMST 3000: Passion, Art, Poetry, and Madness (American Studies)
• ENGL 3852: Independent Study in Poetry Writing
• ENGL 4050: Literary Journal Editing

Creative Activities

• The Woman Who Has Eaten the Moon, Lexington, KY: Wind Press, 2004.
• Martin Flores and the House of Dreams, Main Street Rag Press, 2003.