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Biography

I've taught writing and literature at ���Ĺ��� University- Bloomsburg campus since the fall of 2003. I'm constantly researching teaching methodologies, and I keep up with the latest research on learning, writing instruction, memory, motivation, and skill development strategies for first year college students, especially underserved and underprepared populations. Teaching a difficult skill like writing online is certainly challenging, so I have taken professional development courses, and continue to improve as on online educator.  

I earned my Masters degree in English Writing and Literature at Hollins University, where I was awarded the Melanie Hook Rice prize for best novel-in-progress.  I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Virginia ���Ĺ��� University. I’ve published memoir, fiction, and poetry, most recently in Hippocampus Magazine, Front Porch Journal, Microfiction Monday Magazine, and Ex Libris. 

My current book projects include a memoir about growing up without my father, then meeting him after a thirty-year absence, called Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom, Life Could be a Dream, Sweetheart: A Playlist Memoir. He sang high tenor for the 1950s vocal group The Crew Cuts, singers of nine top ten hits, including the iconic “Sh-Boom” (the song appeared in the animated movie Cars). I’m also writing a psychological horror novel about the soul, grief, and memory, as houses (objects that trigger memories) literally consume their occupants. An apocalypse of disappearing residents. Tentative title: Taproot.  

I recently received my certification as a fitness coach, specializing in the health and wellness for people over forty. I appeared in the horror fiction podcast, The Disposers, in its first, and sadly only, season: I’m a voice actor in the cast (Old God). I play competitive softball, bartend once in a while, read a lot, hike and bike, and enjoy exploring new places.