Academic
Education
University of Utah: Salt Lake City, Ph.D. English/Creative Writing 2000
University of California, Davis: M.A. English/Creative Writing 1993
Beloit College: Beloit, WI. B.A. English Composition, 1985
School of Irish Studies, Dublin, Ireland, 1984
ACM Wilderness Field School, Ely MN, 1983
University of Illinois: Champaign–Urbana, 1981–82
Teaching
St. Mary’s College of California: Moraga, CA
Distinguished Writer in Residence, MFA Program, 2001-2002
English 221: Craft of Fiction (The Short Story)
English 261: Special Topics in Fiction (The Lyric Novel)
University of Utah: Teaching Fellow, 1993-1999
Writing 112: Introduction to College Writing (7 sections)
Writing 350: Business Writing (5 sections)
English 245: Introduction to Creative Writing (3 sections)
English 333: Introduction to Fiction Writing (1 section)
University of California/Davis: Teaching Fellow 1991-93
English 5F: Introduction to Fiction Writing (3 sections)
English 46C: 19th & 20th Century British Literature
7 discussion sections, graded tests and essays
gave one lecture on James Joyce, Ulysses
English 45 C: 19th & 20th Century American Literature
3 discussion sections, graded tests and essays
gave one lecture on Edith Wharton
Writers Conferences and Events
- Great Basin Book Festival: Reno, NV. September 2001. Panel discussion, reading
- Writers in the Sky: Telluride CO. October 2001. Panel discussion, reading
- Friends of the Library: Park City, UT, April 2001. Featured speaker at annual benefactors’ luncheon.
- Westbound Festival: Park City UT. September 2000. Featured reader.
- Great Salt Lake Book Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000. Featured reader.
- Friends of the Library: Livermore, CA, July, 2000. Featured reader.
- Art of the Wild Writers Conference: Assistant Coordinator. (Academic years 1991-92, 92-93.) Read manuscripts, entered and tracked applications, ran bookstore at the conference, general troubleshooting.
- Writers at Work: 1993, 1994, 1995. Read manuscripts for fiction and nonfiction awards.
Fellowships and Awards
- Art of the Wild Writer’s Conference: Residency award, 1994, 1995, 1996.
- Writers at Work: Residency award, 1993, 1994, 1995.
- White-Howells Prize for Prose: Associated Colleges of the Midwest. 1985.