Education & Conferences

Degrees

University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe. MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction). January 2017.

Eastern Washington University. MA in English (Literature). June 2013.

Northern Kentucky University. BS in Business (Management). May 1998.

Writing Conferences & Workshops

StoryBoard Conference. Online Fellowship with Hugh Ryan. Chicago, Illinois. 17-22 August 2025.

Storyfort. Moderator. “Joyland Presents: From The Body, The Intersection of Writing and Self.” 29 March 2025.

Storyfort. Moderator. “The Idaho Review Presents: Joe Wilkins.” 27 March 2025.

Storyfort. Panelist. “The Art of Rejection.” Boise, Idaho. 20 March 2025.

Storyfort. Panelist. “Truth & Betrayal.” Boise, Idaho. 20 March 2024.

Storyfort. Panelist. “Drive & Desire.” Boise, Idaho. 22 March 2023.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Kansas City, Missouri. 7-10 February 2024.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Seattle, Washington. 8-11 March 2023.

Key West Literary Seminar. Reading Workshop with Roxana Robinson. Key West, Florida. 10-14 January 2023. Recipient of a Workshop Fellowship Award.

Tulsa Glitterary Conference. Presenter & Instructor. Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1-5 June 2022.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 23-26 March 2023.

Napa Valley Writers’ Conference. Fiction Workshop with Lan Samantha Chang. Saint Helena, California. 1-6 August 2021. Recipient of the Leggett-Memorial Scholarship.

Tulsa Glitterary Conference. Flash Fiction Workshop Leader, Presenter, & Instructor. Virtual. 24-27 June 2021.

Get Lit! Festival. Panel Presenter. “Ekphrasis: Art in Conversation.” Virtual. 18 April 2021.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Virtual. 3-7 March 2021.

Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers. Panel Presenter. “Thirteen Ways of Looking Again at Ekphrasis.” Virtual. 2 November 2020.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Participant. San Antonio, Texas. 4-7 March 2020.

Napa Valley Writers’ Conference, Workshop with Mitchell S. Jackson. Participant. Saint Helena, California. Recipient of a Community Housing Grant. 28 July-2 August 2019.

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Participant. Portland, Oregon. 27-30 March 2019.

Community of Writers Workshop in Fiction. Squaw Valley, California. Participant. Recipient of the John Hiller Zobel Memorial Scholarship. 8-15 July 2018.

Boulder Generative Workshop with Pam Houston, Lydia Yuknavitch, & Justin Torres. Fellow. Winner of the Short Short Contest Fellowship. Writing By Writers. Boulder, Colorado. 20-22 April 2018.

Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Participant. Tampa, Florida. 7-10 March 2018.

Bread Loaf Sicily, Workshop with Laura van den Berg. Participant. Erice, Sicily, Italy. 17-23 September 2017.

Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Participant. Washington, D.C. 8-12 February 2017.

Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Workshop with Luis Alberto Urrea. Partcipant. Ripton, Vermont. 10-20 August 2016.

Mont Blanc Writing Workshop with Alan Heathcock. Participant. Chamonix, France. 12-24 June 2016.

Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference & Book Fair. Participant. Los Angeles, California. 30 March-2 April, 2016.

Sea Kayaking Writing Adventure with Pam Houston. Writing By Writers. Participant. San Juan Island, Friday Harbor, Washington. 12-14 September 2015.