Degrees:

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M.F.A. creative writing and environment, Iowa State University, 2020​

B.A. creative writing, Hiram College, 2013​

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Publishing experience:

 

Shoreline Book Reviewer, Split Rock Review, 2020-present

Contributing Editor, Split Rock Review, 2020-2021

Nonfiction Editor, Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment, 2018-2019

Book Review Manager, Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment, 2018-2019

Editorial Intern, Big Stone Publishing, 2014

Intern, Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature, 2012

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Teaching experience:

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Adjunct faculty, Hiram College, 2020-2021

• Writing 215: Writing about Sports

Adjunct faculty, Graceland University, 2020

• English 326: American Environmental Literature

Instructor, Iowa State University, 2017-2020

• English 150: Critical Thinking and Communication

• English 207: Introduction to Creative Writing

• English 250: Analyzing Discourse within Cultural Contexts

Co-advisor, Ames High School Creative Writing Club, 2018-2019

Teaching Assistant, Hiram College Art Department, 2013

Writing Assistant, Hiram College Writing Center, 2011-2013

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Accomplishments and awards:

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Ohioana Library Association Walter Rumsey Marvin Grant, 2020

Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University Graduate College, 2020

Paul L. and Carolyn Errington Award for Excellence in Environmental Criticism, 2020

Pearl Hogrefe Award for Creative Writing, 2020

Teaching Excellence Award, Iowa State University Graduate College, 2019

Bread Loaf Environmental Writers' Conference (participant), 2019

Howard Seymour Bissell Outstanding Student in English Award, 2013 

Barbara Thompson Fiction Contest (second place), 2013

Kroehle Nonfiction Contest (second place), 2012

Grace Chamberlain Prize for Creative Writing, 2011

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