EDITORIAL and OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Keynote Speaker, Sigma Tau Delta, High Plains Regional Conference, Hayes, KS (2017)
Judge, National Day of Writing Poetry Contest, For Hays State University (2017)
Host/Emcee, Conference Open Mic, Sigma Tau Delta, Regional Conference, Hays, KS (2017)
Writer-in-Residence, Fort Hayes University, Hayes, KS (2017)
Writer-in-Residence, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH (2017)
Co-Editor with Brian Stipelman, Wish List: How to Fix What’s Wrong with American Politics (currently in process)
Non-Fiction Editor, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature & Fine Arts (2008-10)
Tin House Summer Writer’s Conference, Funded Participant: with D.A. Powell (2010)
Nebraska Summer Writer’s Conference, Funded Participant: with Kim Addonizio (2008)
UH Studio Series Residency: with Maurice Manning (2007), Lisa Lewis (2008)
Tin House Summer Writer’s Conference, Mentorship Participant: with Nick Flynn (2010)
Judge, Ina Coldbarth Poetry Prize, UC-Davis (2003)
Senior Editor, Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook Competition (2002, 2003)
Editor in Chief, Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art (1999)
SERVICE / TRAINING
Writing Program General Education Committee, UCSC (2017-present)
Supervisor, Independent Studies (multiple), UCSC (2017-present)
Writing Program Entry Level Writing (ELWR) Committee, UCSC (2016-17)
Writing Program Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) Mentorship Committee, UCSC (2015-17)
Merrill College Residential Fellow, “Global Engagement,” UCSC (2016)
Advisor for Course Instructional Assistants, UCSC (2004, 2012-present)
Participating Coordinator, Undergraduate Writing Tutors, UCSC Writing Program (2012-15)
Advisor, Senior Honors Theses, UH Creative Writing Program (2011-12)
Pedagogy Presentation and Panel, UH Teaching Conference (2011)
Training Seminar for Teachers (facilitator) WITS, Houston, TX (2011)
Graduate Student Representative, Creative Writing Program, Univ. of Houston (2008-10)
Development Intern, University of Houston Writing Center (2008)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Associated Writers & Writing Programs
Modern Language Association
Poetry Society of America