Biography
Ph.D. in English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2006-2011
Dissertation: This We Call Many Things: A Collection of Poems
Committee: Marilyn Kallet (director), Arthur Smith, Amy Billone
Comprehensive Exams: Poetry, 19th Century British Literature, and Specialized:
“An Inquiry into the Lyrical ‘I’: From the Romantics to the Contemporaries”
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Emerson College, Boston, 1996-1998
Thesis: Folding and Faulting: A Collection of Poems
Committee: Gail Mazur (director), John Skoyles, David Daniel
Graduate Dean’s Award for Best Thesis
B.A. in College Scholars, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1992-1996
Honors interdisciplinary program with focus on English, Latin American Literature, and International Relations
Dissertation: This We Call Many Things: A Collection of Poems
Committee: Marilyn Kallet (director), Arthur Smith, Amy Billone
Comprehensive Exams: Poetry, 19th Century British Literature, and Specialized:
“An Inquiry into the Lyrical ‘I’: From the Romantics to the Contemporaries”
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Emerson College, Boston, 1996-1998
Thesis: Folding and Faulting: A Collection of Poems
Committee: Gail Mazur (director), John Skoyles, David Daniel
Graduate Dean’s Award for Best Thesis
B.A. in College Scholars, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1992-1996
Honors interdisciplinary program with focus on English, Latin American Literature, and International Relations
Teaching Interests
Poetry Writing, Poetics and Form, Creative Nonfiction, 19th and 20th Century American Poetry, Song Poetics, Science in Literature, Eco-Writing