research and teaching interests

Creative writing, nonfiction (memoir, flash, vignette, personal essays, lyric essays), poetry (prose), literary publishing, creative writing pedagogy, writing pedagogy, critical race theory, gender theory, queer theory, linguistics, Appalachian studies, film studies. 

education

M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction, Oklahoma State University.

B.A. in Creative Writing and Literary Studies, Marshall University, 2020. 

university appointments

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 2020-Present.

Creative Writing Representative, English Department Student Advisory Board, Marshall University, Fall 2019-Spring 2020

Friend-At-Marshall Peer Mentor, Marshall University, 2019-2020.

editorial experience

Faculty Advisor, Frontier Mosaic, Oklahoma State University, Fall 2022-Spring 2023.

Nonfiction Reader, The Cimarron Review, Fall 2020-Spring 2022.

Nonfiction Reader, Under The Sun, Fall 2020.

Student Intern, Mountain State Press, 2019-2020.

Editor-in-Chief, Et Cetera, Marshall University, Fall 2019-Spring 2020.

Poetry Editor, Et Cetera, Marshall University, Fall 2018-Spring 2019.

honors and awards

Pushcart Prize nominee, River Teeth, 2022.

Senior Leadership Award, Marshall University, 2020.

Pushcart Prize nominee, Pidgeonholes, 2020.

3rd Place, Maier Writing Award in Nonfiction, Marshall University, 2020.

Poetry nominee for the AWP Intro Awards, Marshall University, 2019. 

William B. Harwood Scholarship for Aspiring Writers, Marshall University, 2019.

1st Place, Maier Writing Award in Poetry, Marshall University, 2019.

Honorable Mention for Poetry, Wallace E. Knight Award, Marshall University, 2018.

2nd Place, Maier Writing Award in Poetry, Marshall University, 2018.

2nd Place, Maier Writing Award in Fiction, Marshall University, 2018.

courses taught

ENGL 2513, Intro to Creative Writing. Oklahoma State University, 2022.

ENGL 1113, Composition and Rhetoric. Oklahoma State University, 2021.

ENGL 1213, Composition and Rhetoric. Oklahoma State University, 2021.

conference presentations

“Mamaw’s Dress: A Reading of Creative Nonfiction.” College of Liberal Arts Research and Creativity Conference.Marshall University, April 2019.

“Appalachian Daughters: Writing the Next Generation.” Appalachian Studies Association Conference. Asheville, North Carolina, March 2019.

works in progress

Winged; nonfiction essay collection