Teaching & Experience
Sept. 2003 - Oct. 2003 Private Tutoring Fort Worth, TX Private Poetry Mentor
- Developed and administered 6-week intensive poetry program.
- Tailored program to the specific needs of the student.
- Created exercises to challenge students assumptions as a writer.
- Guided a dramatic improvement in students writing by effecting a change in approach to writing process, bolstering confidence in voice and diction.
July 2003 Poets of Tarrant County Fort Worth, TX Workshop Leader
- Developed and administered workshop on the topic "Where Do Poems Come From?"
- Created and provided support documentation for workshop participants.
- Fostered group discussion to address issues specific to the participants.
March 2002 Poets of Tarrant County Fort Worth, TX Workshop Leader
- Developed and administered workshop on the topic "Public Reading Dos and Donts."
- Created and provided support documentation for workshop participants.
- Fostered group discussion to address issues specific to the participants.
October 2001 Texoma Poetry Society Sherman, TX Workshop Leader
- Developed and administered workshop on the topic "What Are We Doing Here: Poetry in America After 9/11."
- Created and provided support documentation for workshop participants.
- Fostered group discussion to address issues specific to the participants.
April 2001 Fort Worth Public Library Fort Worth, TX Workshop Leader
- Developed and administered workshop on the topic "What Works and What Doesn't: Poetry Basics."
- Created and provided support documentation for workshop participants.
- Fostered group discussion to address issues specific to the participants.
June 1999 Antioch University Los Angeles, CA Senior Seminar Instructor
- Developed and administered seminar on the topic "The Uses of Humor in Poetry."
- Prepared and disseminated full reading list in advance of seminar.
- Created and provided support documentation for seminar participants.
- Fostered group discussion to address issues specific to the participants.
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1996 East L.A. Junior College Los Angeles, CA Instructor
- Developed and taught 2 full courses: Freshman Composition, and Composition and Critical Thinking.
- Prepared syllabus, including reading and assignment list, for each course.
- Tailored organization of courses to the needs of students throughout each semester.
- Earned high marks from students and administrators, but needed to postpone additional teaching to complete MFA program at Antioch Univ.
Editing Experience
- Cider Press Review annual poetry journal, Volumes 1 through 9 (2000-2008, Cider Press)
- Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets 1998 Anth. (V.C. Press)
- Beyond the Valley of the Contemporary Poets 1997 and 1996 Anthologies (The Sacred Beverage Press)
- Drink Me (1997, V.C. Press)
- The Poets Behind (1997, V.C. Press)
- The Weather of the Eye (1995, Dichotomy Press)
