Education
University of Oregon. MFA Creative Writing, Fiction. 2016
Amherst College. B.A. English, Creative Writing Concentration. 2013
Greenfield Community College. AA Liberal Arts. 2011
Publications
Florida Review. “Nor’easter” Short story. 2022.
Southern Indiana Review. “The Hero” Short story. 2020
Shankpainter 59. Fine Arts Work Center. Ritual. Photo Essay. 2019
Willow Springs 81. “Saturday Night Special” Short story. 2018
Ploughshares Blog. “A Moment of Grace” Essay. 2018
Dogwood 16. “Salvage” short story. 2017
Fellowships, Grants & Awards
Elizabeth George Foundation Grant. “Quarry Hollow Road” Novel. 2022.
Howard Frank Mosher Prize for Short Fiction. “Nor’easter” Short story. Finalist. 2021
Fine Arts Work Center. Fiction Fellow. Provincetown, Ma. 2018-19
Dogwood Prize for Fiction. “Salvage” Judge: Karen Osborne. 2017
Richard and Juliet Logsdon Prize. “The Far Side of the Pocumtuck River” Judge: Karen Thompson Walker. 2016
Peter Burnette Howe Prize. "Quick Friends” Short story. Judge: Amherst College English Faculty. 2013
Cum Laude Honors. Thesis: Quick Friends and other stories. Amherst College. Advisor: Amity Gaige. 2013
Pease Fellowship. Frost Library, Amherst College. Research on deindustrialization in rural New England. 2012
Mellon Fellowship. Amherst College. Research on biblical roots of 12-step recovery movement. 2012
29 Who Shine. Massachusetts Department of Education. 2011
Employment—Teaching & Writing
Semrush. www.semrush.com. Content Writer. 2021-present
Framework Home Ownership. www.frameworkhomeownership.org. Copywriter. 2019-2021
Interim Instructor of creative writing. CRWR 340. University of Oregon. 2018
Saint Vincent De Paul Society of Lane County. Communications Specialist. Eugene, Or. 2017-2018
Teaching Fellow. Composition and Rhetoric. WR 121-122. University of Oregon. 2015-2016
Kidd Workshop Instructor. CRWR 417. University of Oregon. 2014-2015
Litcharts Inc. www.litcharts.com. Writer. 2013-2015
Workit Health. www.workithealth.com. Writer. 2018
From the Ground Up. SAMHSA. Writer-editor. 2012-2013
Western Massacuhsetts Recovery Resource Guide. RECOVER Project. Writer. 2012
Employment—Other
Springfield Technical Community College. Case worker. Springfield Ma. 2019-present
Lane Community College. Academic Advisor 1. Eugene, Or. 2016-2017
RECOVER Project. BRSS TACS Project Director. Greenfield, Ma. 2013-2014
RECOVER Project. Community Liaison Coordinator. Greenfield, Ma. 2009-2012
Service
Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator. Serbu Youth Detention Center. Eugene, Or. 2015-2016
Student Trustee. Greenfield Community College. Greenfield, Ma. 2011
Re-entry Mentor. Franklin County Jail. Greenfield Ma. 2010-2011
Writing in Recovery. RECOVER Project. Greenfield Ma. 2009-2010