PhD, Literature and Creative Writing, University of Houston
MFA, Creative Writing (Fiction), The Pennsylvania State University
BA, English-Philosophy and Psychology, University of Mexico
Areas of Interest & Expertise
Fiction Writing
Post-Colonial Literature
Southern Gothic Literature
Gothic Literature
Film Studies
Literary Theory
Food Writing
Technical Writing and Composition
Recent Courses Taught
ENGL 2413 Exploring Literature
ENGL 3323 Technical Writing
Adventures in Food Writing (community workshop, OSU Tulsa)
This Workshop is Haunted! (community workshop, OSU Tulsa)
Selected Publications
Creative Writing
“Nowhere in the Known World,” Event (2018)
“Mondays with Snakes,” Quarterly West (2017)
“We’re #1!” (digital reprint), The Poleax (2017)
“Fifty Third Graders Take a Guided Tour of the D.C. Zoo,” The Gateway Review (2016)
“The Speaker, After the Pope,” The Foliate Oak (2015)
“(Manuscript Treatment #45A-35/80)—Escape from Castle Mud Urn,” Juked (experimental form)(2015)
Author Interview, Front Porch (2015)
“The Decree,” Hobart (graphic short story, illustrated by Ted Closson) (2015)
“Go Down, Diller” and online Author Interview, The Masters Review (2014)
“The Decree,” Treehouse (2014)
“Scientists Confirm the Physical Properties of Negative Emotions,”Treehouse (2014)
“5 Things,” Treehouse (2014)
“Would that She Felt Not So Soft, Wood that She Felled Hardly At All,” Revolver (2014)
“We’re #1!” and author interview, Driftwood Press (2014)
“Causes of Insomnia,” The Locust(2014)
“Field of Dreams,” The Foliate Oak(2014)
“A Lasting Fall,” The Legendary(2014)
“Au,” The Legendary(2014)
“Words Versus Numbers,” theNewerYork(2014)
“Editions of Pain,” Dying Goose (experimental form)(2014)
“Polyphemus on His Days Off,” PANK online (prose poem) (2013)
“Speed Date with the Mental Butcher,” The Higgs Weldon (2013)
“Ghost Clothes,” Night Train (2010)
“The Specific Gravity of Balloons,” Grey Sparrow Press (2010)
“Vacation,” Johnny America (2010)
“Pain,” The Bigface (2009)
“Boriken,” Penn State Donor Magazine (poem) (2008)
“The Hornets,” Duck and Herring Pocket Field Guide (2008)
“New Restaurant Exposes Old Food Feud,” Shakespeare’s Monkey Review (experimental form) (2008)
“How We Are Scarred,” The Bigface (2008)
“Sartorial Dark Arts,” Haggard and Halloo (2008)
“The Truffle Hounds,” Scribendi (2004)
“Orange You Going to Say Goodbye?” Scribendi (2004)
“The Grain,” Conceptions Southwest (2004)
Academic Articles/Book Reviews
“Sand Opera by Philip Metres,” The Volta Blog (online) (2015)
“Tradition by Daniel Kalastchi,” The Volta Blog (online) (2015)
“The Essential Fallacy of Europe: A Study of Edward Said's Nietzschian Language Problems,” Plaza (2014)
“Flying Over the Fence with Amadou Diallo by Julien Poirier,” The Volta 360 (online) (2014)
“Corporate Relations by Jena Osman” The Volta 360 (online) (2014)
“Matthew Olzmann’s Mezzanines,” The Volta 360 (online) (2014)
Journalism/Reviews/Feature Writing
Forthcoming: “Meat with a Mission,” Oklahoma Today (2022)
“A Myth in the Baking,” Oklahoma Today (2021)
“Flour Power,” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2019)
“Fried Resolutions,” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2019)
“The Lemongrass is Always Greener,” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Mar-avilloso,” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Tulsa Taco Crawl, Pt. 2” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Tulsa Taco Crawl, Pt. 1” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Tulsa’s Fresh Fish Tips the Scales” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Sura? Surely!” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Grade-A Family A-Fare” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Inventive Restraint” Restaurant Review, The Tulsa Voice (2018)
“Should You Not Pay Taxes Until 2020?” The Poleax (2017)
Spoon/Barstool Magazine, restaurant reviewer, 20 publications (2011-2012)
Local Flavor, staff writer, 6 publications (2005-2006)
Crosswinds Magazine, journalist/reviewer, 15 publications (2005-2006)
Albuquerque Alibi, freelance journalist, 1 publication (2005)
UNM Daily Lobo, staff reporter/editorialist/columnist, 65 publications (2002-2004)
Selected Conference Presentations
Presenter, “Weird Feels,” &Now 2019, Bothell, WA (2019)
Presenter, “Adventure Time: An *Epic* Tonic to Victor Frankenstein’s Familial Cowardice,” South-West Pop and American Culture Conference, Albuquerque, NM (2019)
Presenter, “Wielding Anaximander: A Study of the Intellectual Roots of the Judge’s Evil in Blood Meridian,” South-West Pop and American Culture Conference, Albuquerque, NM (2018)
Presenter, “To Be or Not to Be: Questions of Style and Efficiency in Revision,” Weber State University Adjunct Faculty Conference, Ogden, UT (2013)
Presenter, “To Be or Not to Be: Questions of Style and Efficiency in Revision,” UH English Department Pedagogy Conference, Houston, TX (2011)
Presenter, “A Late Encounter with William Faulkner: Flannery O’Connor, General Sash, and the Anxiety of Influence,” The Flannery O’Connor Conference, Milledgeville, GA (2011)
Professional Appointments or Professional Service
English Department Representative, Non-Tenure Track Ad Hoc Committee
Committee Member, English Department Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee