ROSEMONT COLLEGE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
6/09-6/19
FACULTY, MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
8/09-5/12
DIRECTOR, MFA IN CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
5/10-5/11
COORDINATOR, ACCELERATED UNDERGRADUATE WRITING PROGRAM
Promoted in August 2009 to turnaround a declining MFA in Creative Writing with responsibility for all aspects of the program: curriculum development, scheduling, staffing, advising, admission decisions, thesis oversight, program administration, outreach, event planning, assessment, and teaching. In May 2010, took over the Accelerated Undergraduate Writing program, with online teaching responsibilities until a permanent replacement was found. Supervised and “developed” the teaching assistants; also, supervised the MFA in Creative Writing faculty and a graduate assistant. Taught Flash Fiction Workshop & Critical Texts for Creative Writers online class using Expedia & Moodle. Developed and taught Flash Fiction Workshop, Rhetoric & Composition, and Critical Texts for Writers; also, taught Prose Workshop, Classical Readings, and Workshopping the Workshop—and served as a thesis advisor.
ROSEMONT COLLEGE (UNDERGRADUATE)
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, ENGLISH
2009-2012
Taught Short Fiction Workshop (Fall ’11), Fiction Workshop (Spring ‘09), and freshman writing (Fall ‘09).
SAINT JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITY
ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR, ENGLISH
2007-2009
Taught accelerated Fiction Workshop course and The Craft of Language.
JENKINTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
ENGLISH TEACHER
1993-2007
Created, developed, and taught the following courses:
Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition
Junior American Literature
Freshman Introduction to Literary Vision
Sophomore Introduction to Rhetoric and Voice
Film Studies
Creative Writing I and II
Journalism
2004-2009
SLQ is one of the nation’s premier flash fiction journals, publishing (during my tenure) W.P. Kinsella, Dan Chaon, Steve Almond, Stuart Dybek, Sherrie Flick, Robert Shapard, Melanie Rae Thon, and many other exceptional writers. Supervised a staff of seven writers with full responsibility for communications (with writers, other journals, etc.), author interviews, the features selection, and final editorial decisions. SLQ currently grew to have nearly 200,000 page views monthly! Also asked by Norton to participate in their flash fiction anthology New Sudden Fiction. Stefani Nellen’s “The Attraction of Asphalt” was selected to appear in Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web 2008. Funded and helped direct the Fish Fellowship. Ten of Wigleaf’s Fifty Best of 2009 came from SLQ. During my time as Lead Editor, submissions increased from about 300 per quarter to over 1200, while SLQ remained one of The Swiftest Markets.