Director, MFA Writing Program
BA, University of New Mexico. Author of three poetry collections, most recently Dolefully, A Rampart Stands (Penguin, 2019). Recipient of awards and fellowships from Poets & Writers, The Boomerang Foundation, Jentel Foundation, Vermont Arts Council, and The Willowell Foundation. SLC, 2015–
Previous Courses
MFA Writing
Teaching Good Prose: Pedagogy Craft Class and Internship
Craft—Fall
This course will prepare student-teachers with a working knowledge of theories, methods, and procedures for teaching functional and academic reading and writing skills to first-year college students. The course has two main components, which include attendance in the Teaching Good Prose pedagogy seminar, held on Fridays from 12:30 to 2:10 pm, as well as a supervised teaching assistantship in a freshman writing class at SUNY Purchase. In the pedagogy seminar, readings and class discussions will explore strategies for designing and teaching lessons that will improve students’ ability to compose analytical college essays; to express ideas clearly and effectively in well-developed, focused arguments with relevant and adequate evidence; and to use the style and conventions of standard academic prose. Student-teachers are supervised by an instructor and are required to attend one session of a freshman writing class per week. Additionally, student-teachers are expected to meet with students outside of class for 1-2 hours per week.
Co-taught with Amy Beth Wright, (SUNY Purchase)