Teaching

For nearly fifteen years, I’ve been teaching literature, creative writing, media studies, and composition to high school, college, and non-degree-seeking students both online and in person. At New York University, Syracuse University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I’ve been instructor of record for many undergraduate courses including:

• Queer and Trans Identity
• Introduction to Creative Writing
• College Writing and Research
• Introduction to College Writing
• Living Writers (a survey of contemporary literature)
• Representations of Sex and Sexuality 
• Visual Rhetorical Analysis in Gender and Sexuality

I also served as the primary Fiction Instructor for the Syracuse University Summer College Program in Creative Writing, a two-week intensive course for high school students. In 2019, I co-founded the Milwaukee Queer Writing Project, an organization which partnered with Woodland Pattern Book Center to create writing workshops for young people in Milwaukee public schools. 

Since 2022, I have been offering creative writing courses and private coaching through Writers.com. Courses I’ve offered include:

• Writing Spontaneously: How to Let Your Stories Surprise You 
• The Elements of Fiction
• The Surprising Sentence: Honing Your Prose Style
• Character is the Key: Unlock Your Best Stories