EDUCATION

M.F.A., Creative Writing, University of Florida, 2000.
       Poetry Thesis: Inventing an End, directed by Sidney Wade.
M.A., English, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1998.
       Poetry Thesis: In the Darkness of Our Lives, directed by Jack Bedell.
B.A., English, Southeastern Louisiana University, 1996.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2000-present     |     Louisiana State University     |     Baton Rouge, LA

English Instructor

• Courses taught include the following (exclusively in computer classrooms):
    • English 2007: Creative Writing: Poetry
    • Englsih 3002: Technical Writing
    • English 2002: Business Writing
    • English 2025: FiIction
    • English 1001: Freshman Composition
    • English 1002: Argumentative Writing

Fall 2000-present     |     Louisiana State University     |     Baton Rouge, LA

English Instructor

• Courses taught include the following (exclusively in computer classrooms):
    • English 2007: Creative Writing: Poetry
    • Englsih 3002: Technical Writing
    • English 2002: Business Writing
    • English 2025: FiIction
    • English 1001: Freshman Composition
    • English 1002: Argumentative Writing

Fall 2001-Spring 2003    |    Louisiana State University   |  Baton Rouge, LA

Writing Consultant for College of Agriculture

• Responsible for assisting faculty members in designing, implementing, and
   assessing writing assignments.
    • Teach one section of Business Writing (for Ag majors only) per semester         (taught exclusively in computer classrooms)
    • Serve on College of Agriculture Task Force.

Spring 2002-present    |    Baton Rouge Arts Council    |    Baton Rouge, LA

Artist in the Schools

• Conduct creative writing workshops at local elementary schools.
• Responsible for organization and management of student readings.
• Work extensively with elementary schools teachers to help them to
   incorporate the use of poetry into their existing curriculum.

Spring 2000     |    Sante Fe Community College    |    Gainesville, FL

English Instructor

• Courses taught: English 1001: College Composition and English 1200:
   Business Communications.

Fall 1998- Spring 2000     |    University of Florida     |    Gainesville, FL

Teaching Fellow

• Courses taught: CRW 1301: Beginning Poetry Writing, English 1102: Writing
   about Literature, English 1102L: Writing about Literature Laboratory, English
   1101: Argumentative Writing, English 1101L: Writing Laboratory.

Spring 1998     |    Southeastern La. University     |    Hammond, LA

Teaching Fellow

• Courses taught:: one section of English 1101: Argumentative Writing.

Spring 2005-present     |    Poetry Southeast     |    Baton Rouge, LA

Managing Editor

• Responsible for the proofreading and editing of incoming manuscripts.
• Develop, manage, and maintain official web site.
• Published work from numerous established poets, including Denise
  Duhamel, Beth-Ann Fennelly, Virgil Suarez, John Bensko, Bob Hicok,
  and others.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

Dec. 2002-May 2003  |   Louisiana State University |  Baton Rouge, LA

Editor for Pennington Biomedical Research Center

• Responsible for proofreading and editing of counter-terrorism
  documentation.

May 2003-present   |   Southeastern La. University   |   Hammond, LA

On-line Editor for Louisiana Literature

• Responsible for the proofreading and editing of incoming manuscripts.
• Develop, manage, and maintain official web site.

May 1998-Aug. 1998  |   Southeastern La. University  |   Hammond, LA

Editorial Assistant for Louisiana Literature

• Responsible for the proofreading and editing of incoming manuscripts.
• Worked extensively with Quark XPress, Microsoft Word, and Word
   Perfect.
• Maintained records of incoming manuscripts and incoming subscription
   fees.
• Responsible for the processing of interdepartmental budget adjustments
   and purchasing requisitions.

July 1997-May 1998  |   Southeastern La. University  |   Hammond, LA

Research Editor (SLU's Model Teaching Excellence Initiative)

• Aided in the development and design of Southeastern Louisiana
   University's Online Writing Center
• Responsible for graphic design and general layout of individual web
   pages. Acquired a basic knowledge of HTML programming.
• Worked extensively with Netscape Communicator. Analyzed and
   evaluated more than one hundred web-based writing centers across
   the country.
• Collected and organized writing-based handouts and other writing-
   oriented references.

July 1997-Dec. 1997  |   Southeastern La. University  |   Hammond, LA

Fiction Editor (Gambit)

• Responsible for the proofreading and editing of manuscripts included in
   the Spring 1998 issue.

Aug. 1996-May 1998  |   Southeastern La. University  |   Hammond, LA

Writing Tutor (SLU's Writing Center)

• Conducted hourly writing tutorials with students in Composition,
   Technical Writing, American Literature, World Literature, British
   Literature, Developmental English, and ESL.
• Responsible for the organization and presentation of Writing
   Center orientations.
• Designed and presented various instructional workshops and
   mini-courses.

OTHER RELATED EXPERIENCE

Dec. 1995-May1996.  |   Southeastern La. University  |    Hammond, LA

Writing Tutor (SLU's Student Support Services)

• Conducted hourly writing tutorials with students in Composition, ESL,
   American Literature, and Developmental English.
• Participated in numerous student-learning workshops.

Dec. 2002-present  |   Hurricom Interactive  |    Baton Rouge, LA

Owner/CEO/Web Designer/Server Administrator

• Responsible for initial design, development, and maintenance of client
   web sites.
• Experience managing and maintaining two dedicated servers (Linux and
   Windows) with a client base of approximately 50 customers.

SERVER ADMINISTRATION / WEB DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Dec. 2002-present  |   Hurricom Interactive  |    Baton Rouge, LA

Owner/CEO/Web Designer/Server Administrator

• Responsible for initial design, development, and maintenance of client
   web sites.
• Experience managing and maintaining two dedicated servers (Linux and
   Windows) with a client base of approximately 50 customers.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

• Extensive experience teaching a wide variety of courses in computer-based   
   classrooms.
• Basic knowledge of HTML.
• Extensive knowledge of web editing software (including Dreamweaver, Flash,   
   Swish, Photoshop Netscape Composer, and Microsoft FrontPage)
• General knowledge of network administration.

PUBLICATIONS

FICTION (Novels)

• Dirty Little Angels (University of West Alabama, 2009)

FICTION (Short Stories)

• "Sons of God" published in Summer 2005 issue of StorySouth

POETRY (Books)

• Haunted Bones (Louisiana Literature Press, 2006)

POETRY (Chapbooks)

• Inventing an End (Lone Willow Press, 2002)

Individual Poems
• “Botticelli’s Venus” Connecticut Review
• "The Birth of Night." Prairie Schooner
• “Kindergarten Portrait of My Mother” New Delta Review
• “Coma” South Dakota Review
• “Black Mare” Texas Review
• “I Cut Myself While My Husband Plants Flowers.” The Southeast Review.
• “The Spirit of Bridget Bishop. New Delta Review.
• “Photograph of a Missing Girl” Texas Review
• “Sober in a Dry County” Louisiana Literature
• “Hypochondriac” and “Alzheimer’s” Caduceus.
• “Revolver” and “Gone” Story South
• “The Drowned Light.” Passages North
• “Ode to Gumbo” Southern Hum
• “Habit.” Louisiana Literature
• “At a Filling Station, On the Anniversary of Your Death.” Louisiana Literature
• “September Funeral” (reprint) Story South.
• “The Ballad of Leander Trueblood. Southern Hum
• “Inventing an End” (reprint) Story South.
• “A Retired Voodoo Priestess Talks about Revenge” Southern Hum.
• "The Etymology of Love." Lullwater Review
• “Apparition in a Divorce Decree.” Tar River Poetry .
• “Cow Tipping Near Indian Creek” Southern Hum.
• “The Etymology of Science” Red Cedar Review
• “Marie Laveau Talks about Magic” The Spoon River Poetry Review
• “Inventing an End” Red Cedar Review
• "Apparition in a Marriage Certificate." The Louisville Review
• “September Funeral” Half Tones to Jubilee
• “Raymond Livaudais Talks about Faith” The New York Quarterly
• “Waiting to Leave” Half Tones to Jubilee
• “Envisioning the Marsh” Half Tones to Jubilee
• “The Etymology of Love.” Tundra
• “Worn” Midwest Poetry Review
• “Winter Funeral.” Slipstream
• “Unexpected Conditions” Midwest Poetry Review
• “Ode to Laundromat Dryers” Small Pond Magazine of Literature
• “The Dancing Men at The Rainbeaux Casino Lounge” Small Pond Magazine of Literature
• “On Leaving the House Where I Spent My Youth.” Pegasus
• “The Blind Man Touches My Face.” Small Pond Magazine of Literature
• “The Passing of the Eye.” Pegasus
• “Remembering Leanne Thibodeaux.” Midwest Poetry Review
• “Memories of Chartres Street.” Crab Creek Review
• “The Lines That Separate Us.” Pegasus
• “My Stepfather Speaks to Me about Death.” Grasslands Review
• “An Empty Window.” The Comstock Review

ANTHOLOGIES

• In the Eye. Thunder Rain Press, 2006
• In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself . MW Enterprises, 2002.

COMMITTEE WORK

• Arts and Sciences Faculty Senate (2001-present, LSU)
• Technology Enhancement Committee (2001, LSU)
• Academic Freedom and Research (2001-present, LSU)
• College of Agriculture Task Force (2001-present, LSU)
• First Year Writing Committee (2000-present, LSU)
• Portfolio Assessment Committee (2000-present, LSU)
• Caffee Award Committee (2000-2001, LSU)

READINGS/PRESENTATIONS

• Poetry Reading, Chelsey's, Baton Rouge, LA, 2003
• Poetry Reading, Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers
   Conference, Fairhope, AL, 2002.
• Follow-up Portfolio Assessment Workshop (2001, LSU)
• Introduction to Portfolio Assessment, First Year Writing Orientation (2001, LSU).
• Departmental workshop on Designing Web Pages (2001, LSU).
• Poetry Reading, Creative Writer's Group, Southeastern Louisiana
• University, 1998.
• Poetry Reading, Sims Memorial Library, Hammond, LA, 1998.
• Argumentative Essay Workshop (1998, SLU's Writing Center).
• Explicating Poetry Workshop (1998, SLU's Writing Center)

ACTIVITIES/HONORS

• Asked to read at Yale University as part of the Yales Medical Group Art Place   
   Celebration
• Finalist, Bright Hill Press 2005 Poetry Book Compettion
• Elected Vice President of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing
   Teachers
• Elected Vice President of the Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing
   Teachers
• Finalist, Bright Hill Press 2005 Poetry Book Compettion
• Recipient of the 2001 Alpha Lambda Delta Teaching Award for
   Superior Instruction of Freshman Students.
• Selected by the Louisiana Division of the Arts as recipient of a $500 Artist
   Mini-Grant Award for 2002-03.
• Selected by Chair of English Department to act as writing consultant for
   LSU's College of Agriculture.
• Recipient of the 2000 Alpha Lambda Delta Teaching Award for
   Superior Instruction of Freshman Students.
• Selected as Feature Guest Poet by The Albany Poetry Workshop,
   August 2002.
• Recipient of Southeastern Louisiana University's 1997 D. Vickers
   Award for Creative Writing.
• Selected by Director of Writing Programs to teach in the University
   of Florida's AIM Program.
• Recipient of Southeastern Louisiana University's
   Mentor/Apprentice Teaching Fellowship.
• Poetry accepted for presentation at the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
   Convention of Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor
   Society.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, President
• Gulf Coast Association of Creative Writing Teachers, Vice President
• The National Council of Teachers of English
• Poets and Writers
• Associated Writing Programs
• Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society