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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Consultant for grants strategy, including policymaking, and grant writing. I also collaboratively teach yearly grant workshops to agencies in Oklahoma.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

Responsible for administering eleven grants, I also wrote and secured funding for numerous grants or proposals, one of which was negotiated directly with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, and seven of which were direct competitive federal grants. I was the lead project manager for six grant-funded projects.

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

Fellowship to write in Dublin while researching place-based culture and political engagement with issues of women's rights and sovereignty.

Instructor of record for Composition I, Composition II, Creative Writing I, and a Special Topics version of Composition II, "On the Media: News Literacy and Current Events." Experience with conveying complex ideas and writing techniques, lesson-planning, curriculum design, critical feedback, administrative cooperation, and student mentorship. Intermodal assignments and digital pedagogy used extensively in course implementation.

Pearls on a Branch by Najla Khoury, trans. Inea BushnaqIraq +100, ed. Hassan BlasimPraise for the Women of the Family by Mahmoud ShukairPalestine +100, ed. Basma Ghalayini

Introduced public school students across Arkansas to poetry writing in two-day workshops. Experience with traveling for work, public speaking, teamwork, instruction of diverse groups, and selection and editing of students' creative writing.

Read and helped to select quality prose from the slush pile using teamwork, critical judgment, and efficient decision-making. Book reviews include:The New Order by Karen BenderThe Kremlin Ball by Curzio Malaparte, trans. Jenny McPheeMoonbath by Yanick Lahens, trans. Emily GogolakPalaces by Simon JacobsMissives from the Green Campaign by David ArmstrongNeapolitan Chronicles by Anna Maria Ortese, trans. Ann GoldsteinThe Icelandic Cure by J.D. MoyerThe Science of Lost Futures by Ryan HabermeyerThe Iconoclast’s Journal by Terry GriggsFor Isabel: A Mandala by Antonio Tabucchi, trans. Elizabeth HarrisAn Untouched House by Willem Frederik Hermans, trans. David ColmerWho’s Who When Everyone Is Someone Else by C. D. RoseSooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea by Sarah Pinsker

Work experience includes grant-funded support for digital humanities projects and conferences:Digital Humanities Assistantship to implement Omeka and develop a website for Roman Art & ArchaeologyInstitute for Liberal Arts Digital Scholarship (ILiADS) at Hamilton College to present on comparative digital projects using OmekaMusical Instruments Collection to create a bank of musical notes for public educational purposesElkes Foundation Grant to develop Omeka and Neatline for use in Classics coursesHumanities Lab at Carleton College to build a digital mapping project based on literary evidence from the AeneidDigital Bridges conference at Grinnell College to present on alternative, digital tools like Omeka

Worked with a team to produce clean copy and a professional publication

Grinnell, Iowa

Designed and co-taught two courses, "Monsters in Mythology" and "Early Roman Emperors" to inmates at the medium-security men's prison in Newton, Iowa

Cared for dogs at the animal shelter, often alone or with a partner. Skills include teamwork, time management, manual labor, adaptation to weather conditions, and regular volunteer commitment

Grinnell, Iowa

Open and close the cafe, manage student workers, handle emergencies, teamwork, organization and efficiency, customer service, and professional comportment

Master Of Fine Arts - Mfa, Creative Writing

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, English

Departmental honors; Phi Beta Kappa