My research and writing interests include formal and free-verse poetry, essays, and memoir. I am also interested more broadly in the pedagogy of the creative writing classroom and in higher education pedagogy, particularly the resources, support systems, strategies, and skills that can help students to succeed academically, socially, and spiritually.

I love education! I especially love higher education. For more than four years during my undergraduate and graduate careers, I gained practical experience teaching writing and grammar in writing centers at both Eastern and West Chester University. Since then I have taught first-year writing courses, as well as courses in creative writing, research writing, analytical writing, critical thinking, journalism, and interdisciplinary studies. 

My particular interests include working with first-year students and with student publications. I am invigorated and inspired by the first-year experience, with all the emotions, transitions, and growth that go along with it. I also love helping students publish their work and am fascinated by the stories students want to tell. I advise Inklings, the literary magazine on campus, which accepts student writing, artwork, and photography. 

• Creative Writing
• College Writing

• MA in Creative Writing, West Chester University
• MFA in Creative Writing, Rosemont College

• "The Strip," Lake Effect (forthcoming).
• "The Cowshed," Salamander (forthcoming).
• "The Cyclist," Cimarron Review (2015).
• "Facing It," Off the Coast (2013).
• "Seascape with Jellyfish," The Foundling Review (2013).
• "Map Song," Nimrod International Journal of Poetry and Prose (2011).
• "Urban Surrealism," Nimrod International Journal of Poetry and Prose (2011).
• "Sacrament," West Chester University Printing Press (2007).

• Curtis Institute of Music, Poem "Sacrament" set to music and performed (2008)
• Network for New Music, January 2008-First Prize poem, reading at Kimmel Center, Philadelphia

• “How He Survived” and “Reinhabiting the Space of Loss” (micro-essay). In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy. Black Lawrence Press. Forthcoming.
• “Midwinter Garden” and “County Fair.” What is All This Sweet Work? Vita Brevis Press. Forthcoming.
• “The Mind is Like This” and “Dear Calendula.” Plant People: An Anthology of Environmental Artists. Plants & Poetry Journal. 2022.
• “How He Survived” and “Cabin.” Ecotone. 2018-19.
• “The Cowshed.” Salamander. 2018.
• “The Strip.” Lake Effect. Spring 2018.
• “The Cyclist.” Cimarron Review. Summer 2015.