Education
August 2015 M.A., Critical Theory and Creative Research (re-established as OICR)
Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) – Portland, OR
May 2014 B.A. cum laude, English (Creative Writing Concentration), History
Gonzaga University – Spokane, WA
Professional Experience
2015-present Associate Editor and Publicity Coordinator, Spark Wheel Press - Omaha, NE
Lead editor & designer of To Keep From Undressing by Aisha Sharif
Selected & compiled submissions for online journal, burntdistrict
Designed & launched the press’ social media accounts
2016-2019 Listings Associate/Manager, StyleSaveStudio - Omaha, NE
Developed & presented SOP for a continually-evolving position at this start-up company
Customer service & online listings management
Product marketing/merchandising/shipping, & office administration
Trained & managed other employees
2014-2016 Editor, Cogitate Studios – Portland, OR
Freelance Beta Reader/Editor
Simons Foundation Annual Meeting Booklet copyedit/fact-check
Reader’s Reports for full manuscripts
Spring 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, PNCA– Portland, OR
Writing in Context (Sex in American Literature)
Prepared for & facilitated class discussions and activities
2014-2015 Associate, The UPS Store – Portland, OR
2013-2014 Circulation Desk Assistant, Foley Library – Spokane, WA
Publications
March 2019 Released Reality Bites issue 6: guilty pleasures and other poems, zine - Omaha, NE
May 2018 Released popOMAHA zine - Omaha, NE
April 2018 Poems selected for Nebraska's Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology
“Death by Centos”
“Folie a Deux”
“Fiber Heart”
April 2018 Released Reality Bites issue 5: wet hot american poems, zine - Omaha, NE
January 2018 Poems selected for Lilac City Fairy Tales: Towers and Dungeons anthology
"How disaster ruins everything"
Sept 2017 Released Reality Bites issue 4: hope and other poems, zine - Omaha, NE
June 2017 Released catalog:issue 3 trying not to make it mean too much, zine - Omaha, NE
April 2017 Poems selected for Lilac City Fairy Tales: Weird Sisters anthology
"sisters of the arctic"
"how to papier-mâché a mermaid"
February 2017 Released catalog:issue 2 dead poets' anxiety, zine - Omaha, NE
October 2016 Released Reality Bites issue 3: food network stars and other poems, zine - Omaha, NE
August 2016 Poem published in Love and Outrage
"Nature Poem"
June 2016 Poem published in Stirring: A Literary Collection
"Zip into your most fashionable fleece: A Virgo Horoscope"
May 2016 Released Reality Bites issue 2: girls v. broad city, zine - Omaha, NE
March 2016 Released catalog:issue 1, zine- Omaha, NE
March 2016 Released Reality Bites Issue 1: Paul Rudd and other Poems, zine - Omaha, NE
January 2016 Poem published in Blueshift Journal
"How he made me disappear"
Summer 2015 Poem published in Heavy Edit - Spokane, WA
"crying and scars with boys"
Fall 2015 Poem published in Toothtaker Zine – Madison, WI
“Technological Infrastructure”
2011-2014 Poems published in Gonzaga University’s Reflection Journal – Spokane, WA
Fall 2011 edition
Fall 2012 edition
Fall 2013 volume 54.1
Spring 2014 volume 55.1
Exhibitions | Showcases
March 2019 Omaha Zine Fest, The Union for Contemporary Art - Omaha, NE
Sept-Dec 2018 Solo Showcase, Zipline Brewing Company - Omaha, NE
April 2018 Omaha Zine Fest, The Union for Contemporary Art - Omaha, NE
February 2018 CSArt Preview Show, Omaha Creative Institute - Omaha, NE (group show)
February 2018 For the Love of Art, Harvester Artist Lofts - Council Bluffs, IA (group show)
Jan-June 2018 CSArt Patron Level Artist, Omaha Creative Institute - Omaha, NE
Oct-Nov 2017 Window Art Display, 16th and Harney - Downtown Omaha
April 2017 Omaha Zine Fest, The Union for Contemporary Art - Omaha, NE
March 2017 Portrait of a President, The Petshop - Omaha, NE (group show)
February 2017 Oscillating Bodies, The Little Gallery - Omaha, NE
Jan-June 2017 CSArt Patron Level Artist, Omaha Creative Institute - Omaha, NE
September 2016 SH*T SHOW, The Petshop - Omaha, NE (group show)
June 2016 Art on Paper, Cali Commons - Omaha, NE (group show)
April 2016 Omaha Zine Fest - Omaha, NE
April 2016 Once Upon A Time: A Twisted Fairy Tale, RNG Gallery - Council Bluffs, IA
May 2015 PNCA First Thursday Group Grad Show, The Commons - Portland, OR
Summer 2015 The Exchange, Voiceover work – Portland, OR
2013-2014 Poetry Editor Intern, Willow Springs – Spokane, WA
Eastern Washington University poetry, fiction, and nonfiction journal
Summer 2012 Promotions/Social Media Intern, Entercom Communications – Denver, CO
2012-2013 Volunteer, UGM Women’s Crisis Center – Spokane, WA
Professional Service
2018 Selected Omaha Creative Institute CSArtist at the Patron Level - Omaha, NE
2017 Nominee, Omaha Arts/Entertainment Awards, Portrait of a President
Best Presentation in a Non-Traditional Format, Group Show
2017 Selected Omaha Creative Institute CSArtist at the Patron level - Omaha, NE
2015 CT+CR Colloquium and Artist Residency, Caldera Arts Center – Sisters, OR
Film and Parafiction with filmmaker Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
2014-2015 Participant, Junto Society – Portland, OR
Meeting of friends once each month to discuss selected topic/theme
2014 CT+CR Colloquium and Artist Residency, Caldera Arts Center – Sisters, OR
Field Image Training with artist Atta Kim
2014 Winner, Michael and Gail Gurian Writing Award in Poetry – Spokane, WA
2014 Participant, Storytelling is Neat: Life is Sloppy, Workshop - Spokane, WA
16th Annual GetLit! Festival
2013 Summer Spirituality and the Arts Program – London, England
Spring 2013 Semester abroad, Trinity College Dublin – Dublin, Ireland
The Hundred Years War (History)
Medieval and Renaissance Romance (Literature)
Modernist Women’s Fiction (Literature)
The Marriage Plot (Literature)
2012-2014 Member of Gonzaga University honors societies – Spokane, WA
Sigma Tau Delta (English Honor Society)
Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society)
Awards | Honors | Activities
2018 CSArt Pecha Kucha, Omaha Creative Institute - Omaha, NE
2017 CSArt Pecha Kucha, Slowdown - Omaha, NE
2017 Chapter accepted to anthology, A Critical Companion to Tim Burton
"According to Plan: the feminist and queer analytics of Corpse Bride"
2016 Accepted presenter, OCAD conference - Toronto, Canada
"Quote Culture and the Community of Mind: Towards a Theory of the Quippie"
2015 Presenter, Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR
Thesis Presentation, “Quote Culture and the Community of Mind”
Research Pecha Kucha, “Quote Culture and the Community of Mind”
2015 Critical Pedagogy Intensive, Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR
2014 Presenter, Pacific Northwest College of Art – Portland, OR
Thesis Presentation, “Quote Culture: Digital Idealism in the Community of Mind”
Research Pecha Kucha, “Be the Change: or, The Art of Misquotation on Social Media”
2014 Invited Reader, Collab: Art with, for, and because of People – Spokane, WA
“Is it possible to be in love with 25 people at once?: An Ode to Tina Belcher”
“Autopsy Report”
2014 Presenter, Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference – Spokane, WA
“The Rabbit Inside: Psychoanalysis in Donnie Darko”