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
Teaching
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
Assistant Teaching Professor, 2017-2021
- Technical Writing
St. Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
Distinguished Writer in Residence, MFA Program, 2001-2002
- Craft of Fiction (The Short Story)
- Special Topics in Fiction (The Lyric Novel)
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
- Introduction to College Writing
- Business Writing
- Introduction to Creative Writing
- Introduction to Fiction Writing
University of California at Davis, Davis, CA
- Introduction to Fiction Writing
- 19th & 20th Century British Literature
- 19th & 20th Century American Literature
Academic Conferences
- Western Literature Association, 2016. Presented “Garden in the Wild.”
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 Writers 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.