Readings and Performances
"Lizards," performed by Lucas Gorham at the Best of Grown Up Story Time in Houston, TX, June 2014.
"Lizards," performed by Lucas Gorham at Grown Up Story Time in Houston, TX, February 2014. Alternate title, "Indicators."
"The Wide, Wide World: A Reading of Flash Fiction," Conference Presentation, NMSU-UTEP Joint Graduate English Conference, on the panel "Fiction: Readings and Theoretical Approaches," April 6, 2013.
"Flash Bang," Conference Presentation, Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, March 12, 2013.
Reading alongside Andrew Scott as part of the The Nelson/Boswell Reading Series presented by La Sociedad Para Las Artes, New Mexico State University, Nov. 30, 2012
"Eavesdrop," Conference Presentation, English Graduate Student Symposium, on the panel "Translating Experience: Exploring Narrative and Poetics," moderated by Lily Hoang, November 9, 2012.
“Local Color,” Conference Presentation, NMSU-UTEP Joint Graduate English Conference, on the panel “Dreams from the Borderland: Creative Explorations of Boundaries, Limits, and Borders,” February 25, 2012
“Some Assembly Required: A Creative Exploration of Modular Fiction.” Conference Presentation, English Graduate Student Symposium, October 14, 2011. Received one of two EGSO Symposium Awards.
“Epic Fail: An exploration of flash fiction.” Conference Presentation, Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, March 2011
Co-founder of the Guerrilla Reading Series, a monthly open-mic style reading series featuring NMSU graduate and undergraduate students
"Lizards," performed by Lucas Gorham at Grown Up Story Time in Houston, TX, February 2014. Alternate title, "Indicators."
"The Wide, Wide World: A Reading of Flash Fiction," Conference Presentation, NMSU-UTEP Joint Graduate English Conference, on the panel "Fiction: Readings and Theoretical Approaches," April 6, 2013.
"Flash Bang," Conference Presentation, Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, March 12, 2013.
Reading alongside Andrew Scott as part of the The Nelson/Boswell Reading Series presented by La Sociedad Para Las Artes, New Mexico State University, Nov. 30, 2012
"Eavesdrop," Conference Presentation, English Graduate Student Symposium, on the panel "Translating Experience: Exploring Narrative and Poetics," moderated by Lily Hoang, November 9, 2012.
“Local Color,” Conference Presentation, NMSU-UTEP Joint Graduate English Conference, on the panel “Dreams from the Borderland: Creative Explorations of Boundaries, Limits, and Borders,” February 25, 2012
“Some Assembly Required: A Creative Exploration of Modular Fiction.” Conference Presentation, English Graduate Student Symposium, October 14, 2011. Received one of two EGSO Symposium Awards.
“Epic Fail: An exploration of flash fiction.” Conference Presentation, Graduate Research and Arts Symposium, March 2011
Co-founder of the Guerrilla Reading Series, a monthly open-mic style reading series featuring NMSU graduate and undergraduate students
Research Presentations & Workshops
"Game On: Writing Games in the WITS Classroom," WITS Fall Writer Orientation, Writers in the Schools, September 2015.
"Teaching Mutt Lit: Genre-benders, Hybrids, and other Weirdness in the Creative Writing Classroom," Conference Presentation on creative writing pedagogy, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 9, 2013.
"All Voices Everywhere: Teaching Creative Writing to Marginalized K-12 Students," Conference Presentation on creative writing pedagogy, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 9, 2013.
'Better to Be a Rich Cripple': Situating Disability Models in "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," Conference Presentation, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, Feb. 15, 2013.
“Judging the Us: Problems and Solutions in Assessing Collaborative Student Work,” Conference Presentation, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 3, 2012
“Lady Killer: Death of the Feminized Body in the Whedonverse.” Conference Presentation, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, February 9, 2012
"Teaching Mutt Lit: Genre-benders, Hybrids, and other Weirdness in the Creative Writing Classroom," Conference Presentation on creative writing pedagogy, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 9, 2013.
"All Voices Everywhere: Teaching Creative Writing to Marginalized K-12 Students," Conference Presentation on creative writing pedagogy, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 9, 2013.
'Better to Be a Rich Cripple': Situating Disability Models in "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Game of Thrones," Conference Presentation, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, Feb. 15, 2013.
“Judging the Us: Problems and Solutions in Assessing Collaborative Student Work,” Conference Presentation, The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, March 3, 2012
“Lady Killer: Death of the Feminized Body in the Whedonverse.” Conference Presentation, Southwest Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association Conference, February 9, 2012
