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I'm a Ph.D Candidate at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette who runs several independent publishing houses. I have been working as an educator for 10 years, as well as in independent publishing for 10 years. My short story collection, I'll Tell You a Love Story, is available through Bridge Eight Press, and I have two new books coming out within 2023.
Teaching Assistant to Dr. Jessica Alexander, 325: Fiction Workshop, Spring 2021.
Graduate Assistant, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
English 210 Literary Genres: Fairy Tale, Fabulism and Feminism (1 section) Spring 2021.
Writing 102 (2 sections) January 2020-current
Writing 101 (4 sections) August 2019- current .
Native English Teacher, Kurashiki Board of Education, Kurashiki, Japan.
April 2018- July 2019.
English as a Foreign Language Instructor, Gem School. Kanon-ji, Japan.
August 2015 - February 2018
Graduate Assistant, Youngstown State University
Writing 1 (8 sections) September 2012 - May 2015.
Intern Prose Instructor under Chris Barzak, Introduction to Fiction (1 section) Spring 2015.
The Girl Who Gateway Press, January 2024 Forthcoming
Love Breaks My Bones Pumpernickel House, February 2023
I’ll Tell You a Love Story, Bridge Eight Press, April 2020.
Revisionist History, Dancing Girl Press. May 2016.
PhD in English with a Creative Writing focus, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA, Expected Graduation: Spring 2023
MFA in Fiction, Northeastern Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH: Spring 2015.
Thesis: Candi’s Cabaret, a Novel in Stories. Director: Chris Barzak
BA in English with a concentration in Linguistics and a Creative Writing minor
Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH: Spring 2012.
