This is my second year teaching in the writing program at Ball State University. Before coming to BSU, I taught at Southern Illinois University and Millikin University.
I received my BA in Rhetoric from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and my MFA in Fiction from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. I completed a certification in editing and book publishing from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC.
I have been an assistant editor with Crab Orchard Review, and a book editor with Publication Services in Champaign, IL. I am currently an assistant editor at Narrative Magazine.
I am also an active fiction writer.
In my spare time, I like to travel, ski, bicycle, swim, and practice Yoga.