Biography
Adjunct Professor of Instruction in the Department of English and Creative Writing. Brutal Companion (Barrow Street Press, 2024)Winner of the Barrow Street Press Poetry Prize, 2023 Editors' ChoiceLatinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry (University of New Mexico Press, 2022) Winner of the 2023 Gold Medal IPPY Awards for Anthologies Guest Editor, Poet Lore, Vol. 118, Summer/Fall (Writer's Center, 2023)Contributing Editor. TAB Journal, Summer/Fall (Chapman University, 2022)Guest Editor, Pleiades, Vol. 42, No. 1, Spring (University of Central Missouri, 2022)Ph.D. English (2012)MFA Creative Writing & Writing for the Performing Arts (2007)BFA Creative Writing (2004)
Instructional Areas
American Literature Latinx Literature British Literature Creative Writing Writing and Publishing
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Poetry Literary Translation Creative Nonfiction Performance Art
Degrees
Ph.D., English Texas Tech University 2012