Ph.D. in English, 2001, University of Missouri-Columbia.
- Comprehensive exam areas in poetry manuscript construction and contemporary science fiction.
- Dissertation (poems): Mustang Sally Pays Her Debt to Wilson Pickett.
8 years magazine experience.
- Acquisitions, proofreading, copyediting, and web content management.
- Former Poetry Editor of The Missouri Review.
3 years university-level teaching experience.
- Codesigner and coteacher of Babes in Space: Women in Science Fiction as Authors and Objects.
- Instructor for poetry workshop, world science fiction, world literature, and basic composition.
Dozens of recent creative and professional publication credits.
- Poems in 5am, Passages North, Prairie Schooner, Rattle, The Southeast Review.
- Articles in Midwest Traveler, Southern Traveler, Columbia Home & Lifestyle.
Experienced arts organizer.
- Organizer of the Artisan-Wordhound Poetry Slam series in Columbia, Missouri, from 2002-2004.
- Scheduling and publicity for coffeehouse readings in Omaha and in Hastings, Nebraska.
- Chief organizer of the now legendary Solstice '97 at Carhenge:A Celebration of the Arts.
