CV

EDUCATION

2015-2018 | M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Poetry), University of Massachusetts Amherst
Workshops: poetry, nonfiction, playwriting. Seminars: contemporary poetry, modern poetry, prose poetry, fiction.

2011-2015 | B.A. in English/Creative Writing, SUNY Geneseo
Minor: Anthropology. Workshops: poetry, fiction, nonfiction, literary magazine editing & production. Lectures: literary criticism, memoir, the history of the English language, British literature, American literature, 19th-century women’s literature, Shakespeare, linguistics, ethnography, cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, forensic anthropology.

EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE

August 2015-May 2018 | Promotions Editor, Slope Editions

April 2015 | Judge, Genesee Valley Peace Poetry Contest
Selected finalists & winners for peace-themed poetry submissions by children in grades K-8.

Spring 2015 | Poetry Editor, Gandy Dancer Issue 3.2

Fall 2013 | Poetry Reader & Art Editor, Gandy Dancer Issue 2.1

READINGS & GALLERIES

April 2018 | Visualizing Language, Juniper Literary Festival
A collaborative installation of poetry as visual art. Poems contributed: “Hydroxyzine,” “Ziprasidone (Geodon),” & “Quetiapine (Seroquel)”.

October 2016 | LIVE LIT at Amherst Books, Amherst, MA

August 2015 | Poetry Etc. at Eatcetera Deli Cafe, Bohemia, NY
Featured poet.

April 2015 | Senior Reading, SUNY Geneseo

April 2015 | Don’t Revise This, SUNY Geneseo

April 2015 | Guerilla Geneseo, SUNY Geneseo
An anonymous, collaborative poetry installation. Poem contributed: “Cicatrize: Rite of Passage for My Ex-Lover’s Ex-Lovers”.

April 2014 | Love & Line Breaks, SUNY Geneseo

AWARDS

April 2015 | Mary Thomas Award in Poetry
Awarded for the poem “Aftermath of: Twin Mental Health Evaluations”.

INTERVIEWS & REVIEWS

April 2017 | The Sonder Review
Interview & review of Heart Float.

CONFERENCES, RETREATS, & RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

June 2018 | Juniper Summer Writing Institute
Participated in Bianca Stone’s Words + Pictures workshop.

2017-2018 | Master’s Thesis, UMass Amherst
Focused on mental illness & poetics, & how relationships are affected by mental illness, under advisement of Ocean Vuong.

Spring 2017 | Independent Study, UMass Amherst
A study of literature written about mental illness by authors who have mental illness or love someone who does, under advisement of Lynn Xu.

February 2017 | AWP: Washington, D.C.

March-April 2016 | AWP: Los Angeles

Spring 2014 | Independent Study, SUNY Geneseo
Composed a poetry chapbook (working title: Heart Float) under advisement of Cori Winrock.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 2015 | Teaching Assistant, SUNY Geneseo
ANTH 305: Field Methods & Techniques in Linguistics.