TEACHES IN THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM(S)
English and Writing
Video Game Design
Photography
Art
Education
- Washington University, M.F.A.
- Drake University, B.S.
Areas of Specialization
Video game design, interactive fiction, poetry, fiction, video game theory, interactive art
Scholarly and Professional Achievements
Interactive Fiction
- LAKE Adventure. Second place, 2023 Interactive Fiction Competition
- And Then You Come to a House Not Unlike the Previous One. First place, 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition
- Off-Season at the Dream Factory. Sixth place, 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition
Video Games
- Radio Ghosts. Game Boy. 2024
- Space Cactus Canyon. Atari 2600. AtariAge, 2017
Poetry Books and Chapbooks
- Everything about Breathing. Madison, WI: Bent Paddle Press, 2019
- Yes. Madison, WI: Parallel Press, 2014
- But Our Princess Is in Another Castle. Brookline, MA: Rose Metal Press, 2013
- Drag: Twenty Short Poems about Smoking. Milwaukee, WI: Centennial Press, 2011
- Birds of Wisconsin. Moorhead, MN: New Rivers Press, Fall 2010
- State Sonnets. Buffalo, NY: sunnyoutside, 2009
Art Exhibitions
- Strained Glass. Joyce Paddock Bliss Gallery, Waukesha, WI, 2023
- New Flock. John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. 2022. With Joel Matthys
- Open Circuits. Joyce Paddock Bliss Gallery, Waukesha, WI. 2019. With Joel Matthys
Service to Carroll University and Profession
- Faculty President (2024-present) Chair, Department of English, Modern Languages, and Philosophy (2018-2022)
- Co-chair, Higher Learning Commission Steering Committee (2015-2017)
- Founder and Faculty Advisor, Portage Magazine (2014-present)
- Chair, Planning and Budget Committee (2014-15)
- Advisor, Century (student literary magazine) (2011-2020)
- Vice President, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (2010-2013)
Honors and Awards
- Second place, 2023 Interactive Fiction Competition
- First place, 2021 Interactive Fiction Competition
- Benjamin F. Richason Jr. Faculty Award for “excellence in teaching, research, and educational innovation.” Carroll University, 2015
- Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award for Yes. Wisconsin Library Assocation, 2015
- Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award for But Our Princess Is in Another Castle. Wisconsin Library Association, 2014
- Outstanding Achievement in Poetry Award for Birds of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Library Association, 2011
- Winner, Many Voices Project (MVP) competition for Birds of Wisconsin. New Rivers Press, 2009
- Four-time finalist to serve as the poet laureate of Wisconsin: 2008, 2012, 2014, 2018