Education

Teaching Experience

• Western Michigan U. Doctoral Fellow 1996-2000
• Southwest Texas State U. Teaching Assistant 1993-1995
• Junction City High School E.S.L. Tutor 1992-1993
• Kansas State University Teaching Assistant 1989-1992
• Upking Corp. Taipei,Taiwan College English Tutor Summer 1991
• Weber State University E.S.L. Instructor Summer 1990

Courses Taught

Western Michigan University

• Fiction Writing (366)
• Introduction to Creative Writing (266)
• Literature in Our Lives (307)
• Pre-Professional Writing (305)

Southwest Texas State University

• Reading and Writing I (1310)
• Reading and Writing II (1320)

Kansas State University

• Composition I (110)
• Composition II - Introduction to Literature (120)

Upking Corporation

• High School and College English Prep

Weber State University

• Intro to English
• Creative Drama

Publications/ Presentations

Book Reviews

• "Just Like That." Antipodes. 9.2 (1995): 157.
• "In Her Strapless Dresses." Antipodes. 9.2 (1995): 157.
• "A Migrant's Story." Antipodes 10.1 (1996):
• "1988." Antipodes 10.2 (1996):
• "Night Letters." Antipodes 11.1 (1997):
• "Shiver." Antipodes 12.1 (1998):
• "The Chosen." Antipodes forthcoming
• "Eucalyptus." Antipodes forthcoming
• "Cleave." Antipodes forthcoming

Stories

• "The Monolith." Weber Studies 13.2 (1996): 71.
• "The Tree." The Cream City Review 19.2 (1996): 36.
• "Under the Aegis." Cutbank 46 (1996): 64.
• "Barney." Peninsulas 1.1 (1996): 10.
• "The Canyon." Pleiades 17.2 (1997): 75.
• "Bird Noises." Bottomfish 18 (1997): 13.
• "Hunkered Down." Lit Rag 2 (1998): 7.
• "The Sky." The North Atlantic Review 10 (1998): 83.
• "Compos(t)ition." Gulf Coast 10.1 (1998): 78.
• "Crust." Kiosk forthcoming

Poems

• "Distressed House on Our Street." Owen Wister Review 20 (1998): 39.
• "Return Flight..." Driftwood Review 2 (1998): 13.
• "Dear A.J. Rathbun." Lit Rag 6 (1999): 3.

Screenplays

• "The Monolith." Screen treatment acquired and produced by Apostrophe Productions, SLC, UT. 1997.

Papers & Creative Works Presented

• "What are the Hills Like White Elephants Becoming?" American Studies Asssociation of Texas, November 1994.
• "The Tree." Languaging and Linguistics Conference, February 1997.
• "Big Mike." Twentieth Century Literature Conference, February 1999.

Scholarships & Awards

• TKL Scholarship, Southwest Texas State University 1994.
• Third Coast Fellowship, Western Michigan University 1996-9.
• Trial Balloon Best Short Fiction Award, Western Michigan University 1998-9.

Professional Experience

• Third Coast Writers' Conference Coordinator 1997-99.
• Touchstone. Fiction Editor 1991-92.
• Southwestern American Literature. Asst. Fiction Editor 1994-95.
• Graduate Assistant, Western Michigan U. Dept. Of Education 1995-6.

Selected Conferences

• Associated Writing Programs' National Conference in Phoenix, AZ, 1994. Attended as representative of Southwest Texas State University M.F.A. Program.
• National Undergraduate Literature Conference in Ogden, UT. Chaired session on original fiction 1995, 1997, 1999.
• National Undergraduate Literature Conference in Ogden, UT, 1996.
• Chaired session on psychoanalytic criticism.
• Third Coast Writers' Conference at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, 1996. Attended fiction workshops.