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Academic Scholarship & Teaching

SCHOLARLY INTERESTS
  • Ecocriticism, new-materialist turn
  • Ecofeminism
  • Food, literature and identity
  • Indigenous authors of the American West
  • Media literacy and news literacy
  • Journalism, media and democracy
  • Media and environment
  • Creative writing, fiction
  • Food and restaurant writing

  • Paper and presentation: “Belly Writing: Food, Disgust, and Hybrid Identities in Louise Erdrich’s The Master Butchers Singing Club," prep for submission
  • Paper and presentation: “Drift: A Distracted Reading of James Welch’s Winter in the Blood," prep for submission
 COURSE DESIGN & INSTRUCTION
  • "Media & Environment: Ecocinema, News & Environmental Justice"†
  • "Media Literacy: Fact, Fiction & Fake News"*
  • "Media & Civic Responsibility"*
  • "Media & Environment"*
  • "Writing Colloquium: What Matters"*
  • "Introduction to Creative Writing—Fiction"*
  • "College Writing I: Composition and Sustainability"
  • "News Editing for Publications"*
  • "Health Research and Professional Writing"

       *Classroom course supplemented with online LMS
       †Fully online course
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing–Fiction 
The University of Montana    

Master of Arts, Literature
The University of Montana     
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Bachelor of Arts, English and Journalism (double)
University of Wisconsin––Madison
AFFILIATIONS
  • Association of Writers & Writing Programs
  • Montana Book Festival
  • Society of Environmental Journalists
  • Society of Professional Journalists
  • Western Literature Association

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