Education
- MFA, Creative Writing, Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran University, 2009
- B.A., American Studies, Whitworth University, 1992, summa cum laude
Current Positions
- Senior Development Writer, Whitworth University, 2008-Present
- Editor, Whitworth Today magazine, 2017-Present
- Craft Essay Editor, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, 2008-Present
- Creative Nonfiction Editor, Rock & Sling: A Journal of Witness, 2010-Present
- Creative Nonfiction Editor, Wandering Aengus Press, 2018-Present
Publications
- Chapter, Invisible Art: A Field Guide to Literary Editing (Bloomsbury Press, 2023)
- Essay, “If Swans Could Speak,” New England Review (issue 42.3, 2021)
- Essay, “Shadow Animals,” This Impermanent Earth anthology (University of Georgia Press, 2021)
- Memoir, The Solace of Stones: Finding a Way through Wilderness (University of Nebraska Press, 2016)
- Essay, “Shadow Animals,” The Georgia Review (2013); received a Pushcart Prize Special Mention
Online Publications
- “Water I Gladly Drank” Rock & Sling
- “Sweet Child, You Are Loved” Rock & Sling
- “Camp Elohim” How to Pack for Church Camp
Essays about Writing
- “Less Me, More We: Transforming the Personal into the Collective,” University of Nebraska Press Blog
- “Slow Down: Interrogating the Past Takes Time,” Brevity Blog
- “Skip the Cotton Candy: Writing Is Sweeter,” Rock & Sling Blog
Editing
- Copyeditor, In Praise of Inadequate Gifts, by Tarn Wilson (Wandering Aengus Press 2021)
- Copyeditor, Going Feral: Field Notes on Wonder and Wanderlust, by Heather Durham (Wandering Aengus Press 2019)
- Copyeditor, Washington 129 poetry anthology edited by Tod Marshall, Washington State Poet Laureate 2016-18 (Sage Hill Press 2017)
Selected Readings
- This Whitworth Life, “First Job,” Dec. 2018
- Listen to Your Mother Spokane, “These Words Are True,” May 2018
Other Literary Citizenship
- Manuscript Review, University of Nebraska Press, 2018
- Nonfiction Judge, Annual Kenai Peninsula Writers’ Contest, 2014
- Essay Contest Screener, Annual Artsmith Literary Award, 2008-2012
Teaching Experience
- Guest Instructor, English Department, Whitworth University:
EL-344 Personal Narrative
EL-347 Creative Nonfiction Writing
EL-348 Literary Editing & Design
EL-356 Environmental Writing
EL-444 Advanced Writing Workshop
EL-498 Senior Portfolio
Employment History
- Associate editor of Whitworth Today magazine, Whitworth University, 2009-17
- Public Information Officer & Assistant Editor of Whitworth Today, Whitworth University, 1998-2008
- Features Correspondent, The Spokesman-Review, 1998-99
- Court Reporter and Photo Archivist, The Spokesman-Review, 1995-98
- Editorial Assistant/Reporter, Journal of Business, 1994
- English Speech and Composition Instructor, Shikoku Gakuin University, Japan, 1993-94