Brown University (Providence, RI)
May, 2017
Master of Fine Arts in Literary Arts
Georgia State University (Atlanta, GA)
May, 2011
Bachelor of Arts in English
Books
Beyond the Planet of the Vampires, CLASH (2025)
Return to the Planet of the Vampires, Inside the Castle (2025)
Deer Black Out, Red Hen Press (2024)
Midwestern Infinity Doctrine, Apocalypse Party Press (2023)
At One End, Essay Press (2020)
Holodeck One, Magic Helicopter Press (2017)
Curatorial Experience
Teaching Experience
Pedagogical Training
Work Experience Awards
Volunteer Experience Special Interests
Curator and Resident, Tiffany Street House (Providence, RI)
December 2023-March 2024
Curator of a show addressing the erotics of hospitality, new humanisms, and contiguous abjections titled "Hosti·pets"
Recruited emerging artists
Produced an experimental text for the show
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Professor of Writing (Chicago, IL)
Fall 2021, Spring 2022
WRIT 1102 - Introduction to Writing as Art
WRIT 2040 - Introduction to Contemporary Poetry
WRIT 4001 - Generative Seminar in Science Fiction: Heterotopias
Creative writing professor for two fall semester introductory writing workshops in creative writing spanning various genres and modalities of the writing craft
Professor for one spring semester trans-genre generative seminar in Science Fiction using Foucault as a lens for reading Delany’s Dhalgren
Responsible for instructing and guiding students in the development of their creative writing portfolios
Northeastern University Writing Center Workshop Facilitator (Boston, MA)
Spring 2022
Poiesis of the Wastes: Phenomena from the Matrices, Creative Writing Workshop
Responsible for leading a one week long online writing workshop with the Northeastern University Writing Center focusing on Spinoza and Lispector to explore the relationships between perception, language, and phenomena
Produced lecture materials and creative writing prompts
North Park University Professor of Creative Writing (Chicago, IL)
Spring 2019
ENGL 4020 - Senior Seminar in Creative Writing
Creative writing professor for a semester of the English 4020 Senior Seminar in Creative Writing at North Park University
Responsible for instructing and guiding students in the development of their senior creative writing portfolios
Freelance Creative Writing Tutor (Chicago, IL)
Present
Tutors local high school students in creative writing and college admissions essay writing
Develops individuated lesson plans and assignments to engage students in the application of creative writing techniques to formal essay writing
Brown University Literary Arts Teaching Assistantship (Providence, RI)
Fall 2016, Spring 2017
LITR 100B - Introduction to Poetry
Awarded Teaching Assistantship to independently serve as instructor for two consecutive semesters of Introduction to Poetry at Brown University
Developed and implemented curriculum to engage undergraduate students with poetic composition within a workshop environment
Pedagogy Seminar (Brown University, Providence, RI)
Spring 2016
Completed a semester long pedagogical training course at Brown University with Professor Thalia Field in
preparation for college-level creative writing instruction
Assistant Editor and Administrative Assistant, Belladonna* Collaborative (Chicago, IL)
Present
Researches Belladonna* authors and compiles information into an Excel sheet for fundraising and social media purposes
Responsible for interior design for the literary journal Bone Bouquet
Frances Mason Harris Book Prize, Brown University (2017)
Act One Finalist for Madeleine P. Plonsker Emerging Writer’s Residency Prize, selected by Lydia Yuknavitch (2018)
Midwestern Infinity Doctrine Shortlisted for a book prize with Tarpaulin Sky Press (2019)
Brown Student Radio, Brown University (Providence, RI)
Fall 2015
DJ: Host of weekly experimental music show called “The Culture Industry”
Responsible for managing radio equipment and sound boards
Web Editorial Intern, Bomb Magazine (New York City, NY)
Spring, 2015
Editorial assistant with national publication, Bomb Magazine, responsible for editing, content development,
interview transcription, and basic HTML
Free Music Archive, WFMU Radio Station, New Jersey Independent Radio (Jersey City, NJ)
Spring, 2015
General volunteer with the New Jersey freeform, independent radio station
Trained in basic audio mastering in Adobe Audition to prepare live studio recordings for the station's Free Music Archives
Outreach Coordinator, Read/Write Library (Chicago, IL)
Summer, 2014
Responsible for working with Chicago organizations to coordinate programming events for Read/Write Library, which serves as an inclusive community library for all texts relating to or produced in the Chicago area
WRAS Atlanta, Album 88, Georgia State Radio (Atlanta, GA)
April 2008 – May 2011
DJ: Host of three weekly specialty shows, Tower of Song (70’s Psychedelic) every Tuesday night from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Louder Than Bombs (Indie Pop), and Dot Dash (Experimental and Noise) every Friday night from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Welding: Successfully completed an intensive, two-day welding workshop at The Steelyard in Providence, RI, focusing on MIG Welding and cutting with an Oxyacetylene Torch
Art History: Italian Renaissance, Dutch Golden Age
Continental Philosophy: Post-Structuralism, Deleuze & Guattari
Experimental Poetry: Concrete, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E
Literary Translation