EXPERIENCE

1997–present; Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA
University Webmaster

  • Responsible for overall development & maintenance of Bucknell University's web site

  • Provide support, expertise & resources for departmental web developers

  • Responsible for leading the university's Web Development Team

  • Responsible for leveraging the university's Web Content Management System

  • Responsible for promoting & communicating web services to the campus community
  • Participates in development of intranet

1988–1996; Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA
Assistant to the Director of Library Services

  • Responsible for Publications & Public Relations for Library
  • Responsible for personnel searches
  • Responsible for special projects as assigned by the Director

1992– to 2003; Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA
Adjunct Instructor, English Department

  • Taught Introduction to Creative Writing
  • Taught Fiction & Composition
  • Taught Creative Nonfiction
  • Taught Creative Writing -- Poetry
  • Taught Foundation Seminars in Society & Technology
  • Served on thesis committees
  • Served as Faculty Advisor to Literary Journal

1993; Susquehanna University; Susquehanna, PA
Lecturer, Department of Continuing Education

  • Taught Composition

1983-1985; University of Alaska; Fairbanks, AK
Instructor, Department of English

  • Taught College Preparatory English and Freshman Composition

1982-1983; University of Alaska; Fairbanks, AK
Writing Tutor

  • Individual tutoring in a writing lab setting

1982-1984; University of Alaska; Fairbanks, AK
Editor

  • Editor of literary journal, permafrost

EDUCATION

1985; M.F.A. in Creative Writing; University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Fairbanks, AK

  • Fiction Thesis: "Just Another Vacation" (excerpt published in The Appalachee Quarterly)
  • Course work: Craft of Fiction; Craft of Poetry; Creative Writing Workshops; 19th & 20th Century British Drama; 19th & 20th Century British Novel; 20th Century American Fiction & Poetry; Seminars on William Faulkner, Native Alaskan Literature, Teaching College Composition; Bibliography and Methods of Research; Small Press Editing; Russian Language; Piano Performance

1981; B.A. in English Writing; University of Pittsburgh; Pittsburgh, PA

  • Minor in Psychology
  • Liberal Arts Program -- course work in political science, philosophy, psychology, foreign languages, linguistics, creative writing, and literature

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA

  • Member, Web Leadership Group; (2002-present)

  • Member, Communications Council (2004-present)

  • Chair, Search Committee, Web Developer (spring of 2005)

  • Chair, Search Committee, Web Application Developer (spring of 2002)

  • Chair, Search Committee, Instructional Technology Specialist (summer of 1999)

  • Member, Graphics Identity Project (Fall of 1998 - 1999)

  • Member, Equal Employment Opportunity Committee (1996-present)

    Judge, Smithson Prize in Undergraduate Writing (1993-1997, 2004-2005)

  • Member, Community Judicial Board (1994-1995; 1997-2001)

  • Faculty Advisor, Pi Beta Phi (1996-1997)

  • Member, Campus Wide Information Systems Committee (1994-1996)

  • Faculty Advisor, Red Wheelbarrow , literary magazine (1993-1997)

  • Member, Graduate Thesis Committee (Spring 1996)

  • Member, Honors Thesis Committee (Spring 1997)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Web '98: Design & Development; Boston, Massachusetts -- September 22-26, 1998

Admissions@the Internet; Chicago, Illinois -- March 4-6, 1998

Web Design '97; Orlando, Florida -- October 6-7, 1997

SOFTWARE

CMS | Photoshop | Pagemaker | Illustrator | ImageReady | Dreamweaver | Fireworks l | PowerPoint | Microsoft Word | HTML | Digital Cameras | Scanners | PDF/Adobe Acrobat & Capture

 

PUBLICATIONS

"Ancestors" and "My Watch," South Ash Press, forthcoming in 1997.

"Ocean City," Folio: A Literary Journal, Winter 1997, p. 56.

Poetry Reading of Original Work. Cafe Latte, Lewisburg, PA., 18 October, 1995

"Drought," Painted Hills Review, Spring/Summer #11, 1994.

Three Book Reviews. West Branch. Volume 21/32, 1993, pp. 193-199.

"Obsession" and "Chores." The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review, Winter 1992, p. 28.

Poetry Reading; Participated in The National Reading: Writers Harvest for the Homeless, sponsored by Share Our Strength. Bucknell University, 2 November 1994; 5 October 1993; 22 September 1992.

"The Bookbinder." Tar River Poetry, Spring 1992, pp. 36-37.

"Skins." Poetry East, Spring 1992, p. 130.

"Beyond the Book Review," with Dorothy S. Thompson. College & Research Libraries News, November 1992, p. 646.

Poetry Reading of Original Work. Bucknell Hall, Bucknell University, 17 November 1991.

"Wild Oats." Swamp Root, Summer/Fall 1990, p. 5.

"Second Life." The Cream City Review, Spring 1990, pp. 67-80.

"They Listened to Everything I Said." Appalachee Quarterly, Spring 1984, pp. 26-31.

 

AWARDS
  • Graduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Alaska (1983-1985)
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship, University of Pittsburgh (1977-1978)
  • Midnight Sun Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention (1984)
  • Midnight Sun Poetry Contest, First Place (1983)