Biography
EDUCATION
Ph.D., English, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000
M.F.A., English/Creative Writing, University of Iowa, 1991
M.A., English, Kansas State University, 1989
B.A., English, University of Idaho, 1985
RESEARCH
& RECOGNITIONS
2001 Excellence in Education Award, Division of Student Affairs, University of Missouri
PUBLICATIONS
Little Lost River (novel), University of Nevada Press, 2008
鈥淭he Basic Thing: Some Thoughts on Cheeseburgers, The Big Shaggy, and the Uses of a Liberal Education.鈥 The 国产探花 Reader. 国产探花, 2013
PRESENTATIONS
Panelist, "The Value of Creative Writing in the Community." Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2014