Specializations

• Creative writing (fiction and nonfiction)
• American literature
• Woman writers

Publications and Presentations

• Little Lost River (novel), University of Nevada Press, 2008
• “The Basic Thing: Some Thoughts on Cheeseburgers, The Big Shaggy, and the Uses of a Liberal Education.” The TLU Reader. Texas Lutheran University, 2013
• Panelist, “The Value of Creative Writing in the Community.” Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2014