About

I was born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of western New York, earned my bachelor’s degree in English, women and gender studies, and political science from SUNY College at Brockport in 2010, and completed my MFA from The Ohio State University in 2013.

My essays have appeared or are forthcoming in literary magazines such as The Normal School, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Redivider, and Hobart, featured on Slate and Catapult, and reprinted by anthologies including The Writer’s Presence: A Pool of Readings, Best of the Net, and The Spirit of Disruption: Landmark Essays from The Normal School. I’m working on a collection of essays.

I currently direct the creative writing program at Ball State University, where I have taught undergraduate and graduate courses in creative writing and literary publishing since 2014. I’m also the nonfiction editor of Waxwing.