Fitchburg State University: Fitchburg, MA.
Master of Arts: English.
Bachelor of Science: English, Professional Writing, summa cum laude.
Mount Wachusett Community College: Gardner, MA.
Associate of Science: Computer Information Systems.
Academic Experience:
Fitchburg State University:
Trio Support Services, Expanding Horizons Program:
Tutored undergraduate and graduate students from traditional, underserved, and non-traditional backgrounds in writing and in many formats including MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style.
Graduate Assistant, English Studies Department:
Assisted graduate students with scheduling classes, writing papers, and planning for graduation.
Edited the university graduate journal The Falconer.
Helped graduating students prepare their thesis defense.
Writing Associate, English Studies Department:
Assisted professors with class presentations and course preparation.
Scheduled and facilitated after class student study sessions.
Awards and Honors:
Graduate Student Leadership Award.
Dean’s Graduate Scholarship.
English Studies Award.
Distinguished Scholar Award.
President’s Volunteer Service Award. (Lowell National Historic Park).
Conference Presentations:
Northeast Modern Language Association:
“The Failure of the Psalm and the Evolution of the Song: The Music of The Last of the Mohicans.”
Workshops and Writing Programs:
Grub Street, Boston, MA:
Writing Fiction from Real Life.
6 Weeks, 6 Stories.
Marlboro College, Brattleboro, VT:
Summer Writing Intensive.
Pioneer Valley Writers Workshop:
Year Long Manuscript Program (Poetry/Hybrid Workshop).
Eight week Fiction Fundamentals.
Current member Lowell Writer’s Group, Lowell, MA.