Curriculum Vitae

 

Awards

  • British School at Rome Award-Holder c/o Sturgis International Fellowship - 2022

  • Elizabeth George Foundation Individual Grant Recipient - 2020 - 21

  • Lily Peter Fellowship - 2020 - 21, fiction - selected by Manuel Gonzales

  • James T. Whitehead Fellowship - 2020 - 21, fiction - selected by Aurelie Sheehan

  • Carolyn F. Walton Cole Family Fellowship - 2020 - 21, fiction - selected by Aimee Bender

  • Passages North Neutrino Short-Short Prize - 2020 - finalist

  • James T. Whitehead Fellowship - 2019 - 20, Fiction - faculty select

  • Carolyn F. Walton Cole First Year Fellowship - 2018 - 19, Fiction - faculty select

  • Lit Cleveland 5 under 25 - 2017

  • AWP Intro Journals Project - 2015, Fiction Honorable Mention - selected by Erin McGraw

Teaching

  • Literary Analysis: Artificial Intelligence & the Ethics of Machines - Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development

  • Scripting a Screenplay - Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development

  • Non-Fiction Writer’s Workshop - Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development

  • Persuasion & Debate - Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development

  • Composition I & II - University of Arkansas Department of Rhetoric and Composition

  • Creative Writing I & II - University of Arkansas Department of English

Career

  • Arkansas Writers in the Schools - Director

  • Northwestern University’s Center for Talent Development - Instructor

  • Cleveland Heights - University Heights Library - Youth Services Associate

  • Asmadi Games - Content Editor and World-Builder for 1001 Odysseys project

  • Sacred Heart Schools Chicago - Substitute Teacher