Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Michigan State University

  • MA in Linguistics, 2023-

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • PhD in English, 2018-2023

• Pacific University of Oregon

  • MFA in Creative Writing, 2016-2018

• Northwestern University

  • BA in English and Cyberculture Studies, 2011-2015

Manuscripts

• Fall 2015: a chronology of blood (The University of New Mexico Press), debut full length poetry

Research

• 2012-2013: Aide to Dr. Maria Mastronardi (Fanfiction and Fan Communities)

Addresses, Panels, Presentations

• 2025: “‘I Am Still a Body in the World:’ Disability and Chronic Illness in Poetry,“ AWP

• 2023: 2 Offsite Readings, AWP

• 2021: “Politics & the Three Bloods: Poetry of Trauma & Survival,” PCA/ACA

• 2021: “Ballads, Ventriloquism, & Dark Rides: Poems on the Edge of Enchantment,” PCA/ACA

• 2020: “Insta-Poetry, Memes, & Myths: #Poems of New Media,” PCA/ACA

• 2020: “Jabberwocky, Sex Robots, & Us: Monsters in Poetry,” PCA/ACA

• 2020: “LGBTQA+ People of Color Panel & Mixer,” UNL

• 2017: Bainbridge Island Public Library, guest lecture in poetry series

Publications

• “So You Want to be a Partner?“ - The Case Journal, 2025

• “Vertigo” - A Body You Talk To An Anthology of Contemporary Disability, Sundress Publications, 2023

• “Her Bedroom” - Moon City Review, 2023

• “Trajectory,” “Counterpetition to Divorce, Redacted,” and “Pecha Kucha: After Packing My Father’s Room” - The Florida Review, 46.2, Fall 2022

• “High Quality Tattoo 8 × 6 Blank Practice Skin for Beginners and Experienced Artists” - The Cincinnati Review, 19.1

• “Doll Play” - River Styx, #104/105

• “The Unblessed Cries to God for the First Time in a Decade” - Redivider, Vol 18.2, May 2021

• “Seven Attempts at Loving Myself” - Yes Poetry, June 2020

• “Jackhammer” - Glass: A Journal of Poetry, January 2020

• “Kindness” - Gulf Coast Magazine, Issue 32.1, Winter 2019/Spring 2020

• “Knife Spell” and “Things I Can Say ‘Yes’ To” - Barrelhouse Magazine, Secrets Online Issue, October 2019

• “Daddy Porn” - Shade Literary Arts, Issue 4

• “Elegy” - ANMLY, Issue 29

• “Boy Found Dead” - Five:2:One Magazine, October 2019

• “Sheep’s Brain,” “Worship,” and “Touch-Starved” - The Acentos Review, August 2019

• “On My Birthday I Witness a Car Accident and Can’t Help but Call It a Metaphor” - Waxwing, Issue 18, Summer 2019

• 5 Poems - Drunk Monkeys Writer of the Month, March 2019

• “Haematopoiesis” - Birdfeast, Issue 14, January 2019

• “Self-Portrait as Death” - Sycamore Review, Issue 30.1, Summer/Fall 2018

• “Statue in Garden Maze” and “Beach with Coral” - Moonchild Magazine, Issue 4, October 2018

• “WHO: 10% of Medicine in Developing Countries Fake or Substandard” - Cosmonauts Avenue, July 2018

• “Teo Recommends: “Latched” by Disclosure ft. Sam Smith” - Memoir Mixtapes, July 2018

• “Lengua” - Glass: A Journal of Poetry, July 2018

• “Writing a (Poetic) God While Disbelieving” - Luna Luna Magazine, December 2017

• 4 Poems - Assaracus: A Journal of Gay Poetry, Issue 23, July 2016

• “Mad Max” - PRELUDE Magazine, July 2016

• “Riftia Pachyptila” and “Supraventricular Tachycardia” - Dirty Chai Magazine, Issue 10, June 2016

• “Alprazolam 0.5mg” - Bellevue Literary Review, Spring 2016

Editing

• Co-Founder and Co-EIC, Cotton Xenomorph, 2017-

Advising

• Graduate Advisor, Spectrum UNL, 2019-21

Teaching

• Michigan State University:

  • IAH 221C, Asst Professor

    • Summer 2025, 1 section

  • IAH 206, Asst Professor

    • Summer 2024, 1 section

  • IAH 205, Graduate Assistant

    • Fall 2024, 1 section (combined)

    • Spring 2025, 1 section (combined)

  • IAH 206, Graduate Assistant

    • Fall 2023, 3 sections

    • Spring 2024, 3 sections

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln:

  • ENGL 151: Writing as Argument, Instructor of Record

    • Fall 2018-19, 4 sections

  • ENGL 150: Writing as Inquiry, Instructor of Record

    • Spring 2019-23, 11 sections

  • ENGL 253: Intro to Poetry Writing, Instructor of Record

    • Spring 2020-22, 3 sections

    • Fall 2022-Spring 2023, 2 sections online