Education
Ph.D., English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wis. (2025)
Master of Arts, Literature, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas (2015)
Bachelor of Science, English, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. (2012)
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of English and Fine Arts, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. (2025-Present)
PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis. (2022-2025)
Operations Officer, 673d Force Support Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2021-2022)
Sustainment Services Flight Commander, 673d Force Support Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska (2019-2021)
Executive Officer, 405th Air Expeditionary Group, Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan (2019-2020)
Instructor of English, Department of English and Fine Arts, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. (2016-2019)
Executive Officer, The Directorate of Airman and Family Care, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, Texas (2015-2016)
Operations Officer of Casualty Services, The Directorate of Airman and Family Care, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, Texas (2014-2015)
Officer-in-Charge of Future Requirements, The Directorate of Personnel Support, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, Texas (2013-2014)
Chief of Customer Relations and Communications, The Directorate of Personnel Support, Air Force Personnel Center, Joint Base San Antonio – Randolph, Texas (2012-2013)
Honors & Awards
ShineMaker Residency Winner – Writing by Writers Organization (2026)
Celia Baker Veteran Scholarship Recipient – Longleaf Writers Conference (2025)
Poet & Author Fellowship Recipient – Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (2025)
“Make Room,” The Letter Review Prize, Nonfiction Shortlist (2023)
Research and Scholarly Interests
Creative nonfiction, contemporary literature, creative writing, war literature
Publications
“The Gentle Balance” Necessary Turbulence. Ed. Eileen Isola, Jennifer Ortiz, and MaxieJane Frazier. MilSpeak Books, 2026. 134-136.
“Embracing the Messy Journey of New Motherhood” Motherwell, November 2024
“I Wanted My Life as a Mom Separate From My Work With Death. I Had to Make Room for Both” The War Horse, March 2024
“Maternal Thinking in Sanora Babb’s An Owl on Every Post” Unknown No More: Recovering Sanora Babb. Ed. Joanne Dearcropp and Christine Hill Smith. University of Oklahoma Press, 2021. 63-71.
“Waste” The Line Literary Review, Fall 2021 Issue
“Notification” Consequence Forum, May 2020
“Naked” The Laurel Review, Spring 2019
“Vultures” Hot Metal Bridge, 2018, Number Twenty-Four
“Imagining War: Ilyse Kusnetz’s Small Hours” War, Literature & the Arts, 2017, Vol. 29
“Sweet Mint” Santa Clara Review, Winter 2012, Vol. 99 No. 1