SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Writers in the Schools, Seattle

Richard Hugo House, Seattle

Iowa Young Writers Studio, Iowa City

Stanford University Pre-Collegiate Studies Program, United World College, Singapore

University of Iowa, General Education Literature

University of Iowa, Honors Fiction Writing

Highline Public Schools & Seattle Public Schools, English Language Arts, AP Psychology, AP Language & Composition, and general studies, for high school and middle school students

 
 

HONORS & RESIDENCIES

Residency, Ucross Foundation

Teaching Writing Fellow, Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Emerging Voices Award, Des Moines Register

John Leggett Fiction Award, Iowa Writers’ Workshop

Story Award for New Writers, Finalist, Glimmer Train

Stony Brook Short Fiction Prize, Honorable Mention

Edith K. Draham Scholarship for Fiction, University of Washington English Department

Charlotte Paul Reese Fiction Award, University of Washington English Department