Teaching Experience
TEACHING
Assistant Professor (2002-2007, promoted and tenured)
Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
Department of English and Theatre
Community Education Adjunct (2001-2002)
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Full-time and Part-time Adjunct (1996-2001)
Clark College, Vancouver, WA
Part-time Adjunct (1996-1997)
Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
Part-time Adjunct (1995)
Northwestern Colorado Community College, Craig, CO
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1991-1995)
University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1989-1991)
Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1984-1985)
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
CLASSES TAUGHT
Creative Writing Classes
Introduction to Creative Writing
Introduction to Poetry
Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
Poetry Workshop (undergraduate and graduate)
The Business of Creative Writing (undergraduate and graduate)
Advanced Creative Writing (undergraduate and graduate)
Advanced Poetry Workshop (undergraduate and graduate)
Summer Creative Writing Conference
Independent Study (undergraduate and graduate)
M.A. Poetry Theses
Literature
World Literature II (undergraduate)
Poetry
20th Century American Gothic: The Haunted House (undergraduate and graduate)
Banned, Challenged, Censored: Books Someone Didn’t Want
You to Read (Honors)
20th Century American Novel
Senior Thesis
Women's Studies
Introduction to Women's Studies
Second Wave Feminism (undergraduate and graduate)
Feminist Theory and Activision (undergraduate and graduate)
He Said/She Said: Composition 102 with Gender Studies Emphasis (co-teacher)
Independent Studies
Composition
97, 98, 99, 101, 102
Miscellaneous Teaching Experience:
Beaded Jewelry (Two classes)
Gladstone Community Education
Gladstone, OR
2026
ESL/United States Citizenship Test Teacher
SOAR Immigration Services
Woodburn, OR
2024-2025
ESL Teacher
Classic Exhibits, Inc.
Milwaukie, OR
2011--2014
Poet-in-the-Schools
Pratum and Butte Creek
Silverton, OR area
2009
I have also taught arts and crafts (children), mixed media altered books (adults), pre-K, and Spanish as a substitute in a high school.