Education
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Doctor of Philosophy, Literature & Creative Writing, 2025 (expected)
University of Houston - Houston, TX
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Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, 2018
University of Oregon - Eugene, OR
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Master of Arts, English, 2016
Auburn University - Auburn, AL
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Bachelor of Arts, English, 2014
Western Kentucky University - Bowling Green, KY
Academic Positions
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Lecturer, Department of English, Howard University, 2023 - current
Publications (Fiction)
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“An Extinction Event,” Idaho Review, forthcoming 2023
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“In Your Hand, a Bleeding Heart,” Notre Dame Review, Issue 53, Winter/Spring 2022
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“Terre Haute,” Story, Issue 12, Fall 2021
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“Southern Bodies,” Shenandoah, Vol. 66, No. 1, Fall 2016
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“Riverbaby,” Ninth Letter, Summer 2015
Publications (Poetry)
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"ARC," Mid-American Review, forthcoming 2024
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“Initial Sightings West of Modern Appalachia,” Southeast Review, forthcoming 2023
Prizes
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Inprint Donald Barthelme Prize in Poetry, 2022
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Inprint Alexander Prize in Fiction, 2021
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“Billy the Kid,” Semi-finalist, American Short(er) Fiction Prize, 2021
Awards & Fellowships
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Cullen Foundation Chair Fellowship, 2022 - 2023
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Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship, 2018 - 2022
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Graduate Teaching Fellowship, University of Oregon, 2016 - 2018
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Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Auburn University, 2014 - 2016
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Wanda Gatlin Essay Award, Western Kentucky University, 2014
Teaching
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Lecturer, Howard University
ENGW 104: Writing, Literacy & Discourse
ENGW 105: Reflective Writing Portfolio
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Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Houston
ENGL 2305: Introduction to Fiction
ENGL 1302/1304: Composition 2 (online and face-to-face)
ENGL 1301/1303: Composition 1 (online and face-to-face)
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Graduate Teaching Fellow, University of Oregon
CRWR 240: Introduction to Fiction Writing
WR 122: College Composition II
WR 121: College Composition I
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Auburn University
ENGL 2260: American Literature after 1865 (assisted)
ENGL 2250: American Literature before 1865 (assisted)
ENGL 1120: English Composition II
ENGL 1100: English Composition I
Editorial Experience
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Fiction Reader, New England Review, 2023 - 2024
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Assistant Fiction Editor, Gulf Coast, 2018 - 2021
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Fiction Reader, Memorious, 2016 - 2017
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Assistant Fiction Editor, Southern Humanities Review, 2014 - 2016
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Assistant Editor, Auburn Speaks, 2014
Service
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Creative Writing Representative, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, University of Oregon, 2017 - 2018
Languages
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Foreign Language Proficiency (Spanish), University of Houston, Fall 2019
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Foreign Language Proficiency Exam (Spanish), Auburn University, Fall 2015
References
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Prof. Robert Boswell
University of Houston, email: rboswell@uh.edu
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Dr. Hosam Aboul-Ela
University of Houston, email: haboul-ela@uh.edu
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Prof. Erin Belieu
University of Houston, email: ecbelieu@uh.edu
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Prof. Marjorie Celona
University of Oregon, email: celona@uoregon.edu