education
“…the value of education is among the greatest of all human values…”
— Virginia Woolf
spalding university
Post-Master’s Certificate in Writing Enrichment (March, 2023 & MARCH, 2024)
Studied fiction at The Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing. The certificate program included a ten-day summer residency in Quebec City, Canada. (March, 2024)
Studied poetry at The Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing. The certificate program included a ten-day summer residency in Paris, France. (March, 2023)
mfa in writing—fiction concentration (May, 2004)
Creative Thesis: the e-postle (novel)
Critical Thesis: The Study of the Short Stories and Lyrics of Two Contemporary Writers: Rosanne Cash & Steve Earle
Graduation Lecture: The Devil in the High-Tech Details—Literature at the Turn of the 21st Century
western kentucky university
bachelor of arts (may, 1993)
Major: Print Journalism
Minor: English
associate of general studies (1992)
Microsoft Applications: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Visual SourceSafe, Project, Publisher, Visio, and SharePoint.
Online Help: Doc-to-Help, RoboHELP, HTML Help, and HDK.
Adobe Creative Cloud: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Dreamweaver.
Additional Adobe Applications: Acrobat X Pro, Bridge, FrameMaker, and PageMaker.
Atlassian Tools: Confluence and Jira.
Video Editing Applications: Adobe Premiere Pro and FASTEC FasMotion Controller Software
Photo/Video Gear: GoPro7, Cannon SLR T2i/T5 cameras, and FASTEC IL3 high-speed camera.
TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS, TOOLS, & PHOTO/VIDEO GEAR
“The educated man is the man who can do something. The quality of his work marks the degree of his education.”
— Ernest Hemingway
