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.

• Creative Writing
• College Writing

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

• "Epithalamion on St. John's Eve." Anglican Theological Review, Winter 2024.
• "How He Survived" and "Reinhabiting the Space of Loss" (micro essay). In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy. Black Lawrence Press, Feb. 2024.
• "Miserere" and "Skunk Hollow." Solum Literary Press, Fall 2023.
• "Finger Lake." Ekstasis, Christianity Today, Fall 2023.
• "County Fair" and "Midwinter Garden." What is All This Sweet Work? Vita Brevis Press Poetry Anthology, Volume IV. Fall 2022.
• "Dear Calendula" and "The Mind is Like This." Plant People: An Anthology of Environmental Artists, Volume 2, Plants & Poetry Journal. Fall 2022.
• “Split,” “The Light Inside,” and “Two of Me.” Vice-Versa, University of Hawaii. 2020/2021 Issue.
• “Girl Become Hawk.” Ruminate, Fall 2020.
• “How He Survived” and “Cabin.” Ecotone. University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2018-19.
• “The Cowshed.” Salamander. 2018.
• “The Strip.” Lake Effect, Penn State University Eerie, Spring 2018.
• “The Cyclist.” Cimarron Review. Summer 2015.