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At Independence High School of Alpharetta, GA. Tenth and Eleventh Grade English from 2008 to present.
English and Performance Studies (College level)
At Louisiana State University, as Head Teaching Assistant in course development and instruction for Themes of Love and
War in Film Literature in spring 2006.
As
Guest Lecturer and Instructor in over 20 college classrooms from 2004 to present. Courses taught include Introduction
to Poetry, Poetry Workshop, Introduction to Fiction, Fiction Workshop, Introduction to Performance Studies, Performing Poetry,
Screenplay Workshop, Major American Authors, and Composition.
Forensics (College Preparatory and College level)
At
7 debate team summer workshopping programs for high school and college students from 2001 to 2004, housed by University of Kansas, The University of Texas-Austin, University of Vermont, and Fort Hays State University.
Publication
Poetry
the desense of nonfense, Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2009.
face blindness, Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, 2007.
domestic transmission: poems for the next generation of housewives, San Antonio: MetroMania Press, 2007.
the desense of nonfense, Buffalo: BlazeVOX Books, forthcoming 2009.
In over 30 journals, anthologies, magazines
and radio programs from 1998 to present. Includes “All Things Considered” on National Public Radio, MiPOesias Magazine, and the columbia poetry review.
Criticism
In 4 journals from 2002 to present.
Includes Pataphysica, and publications housed by The University of Texas-Austin and Illinois State University.
Performance
Poetry
As a featured poet at over 50 events from 2002
to present in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas.
Criticism At 11 academic conferences from 2002 to present hosted by Illinois State University, University of Kansas, Louisiana State University, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, The National Communication Association, and American and Popular Culture Associations.
Other Accomplishments
Member, Sigma Tau Delta Honors in English Studies, Illinois State University, awarded for academic achievement and portfolio work, 2001-2003.
Poetry
Editor, The New Delta Review, Louisiana State University, 2005-2006.
Member, Board of Poetry Atlanta Incorporated, awarded for dedication to poetry community service, 2007 to present.
Co-Director, Board of Atlanta Queer Literary Festival, awarded for dedication to poetry community service, 2008 to present.
Double Nominee, Georgia Author of the Year in Poetry, The Georgia Writers Association, for face blindness and also for domestic transmission, 2008.
Nominee, The Pushcart Prize, by BlazeVOX Books, for individual poem "1200 broadway, apartment 3c," 2008.
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