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Biography

EDUCATION

Ph.D., English, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000

M.F.A., English/Creative Writing, University of Iowa, 1991

M.A., English, Kansas State University, 1989

B.A., English, University of Idaho, 1985

RESEARCH

& RECOGNITIONS

2001 Excellence in Education Award, Division of Student Affairs, University of Missouri

PUBLICATIONS

Little Lost River (novel), University of Nevada Press, 2008

“The Basic Thing: Some Thoughts on Cheeseburgers, The Big Shaggy, and the Uses of a Liberal Education.” The TLU Reader. ��ҹ�̵�, 2013

PRESENTATIONS

Panelist, "The Value of Creative Writing in the Community." Our Lady of the Lake University Literary Festival, 2014