Select Workshops
Workshop Facilitator | April 2019
Southeast Michigan High Schools, MI
Rural, Muslim, immigrant students ages 15-18; nonfiction, poetry; conversations about identity, community conflict, and what it means to belong
Camp Workshop Facilitator | Nov 2018
Write in Armenia, International Writing Program, Dilijan, Armenia
Eurasian students who grew up in post-Soviet conflict ages 18-23; fiction, nonfiction, poetry; group revision and one-on-one editing
Weekly Workshop Facilitator | Sept 2017–May 2018
Veterans’ Writing Workshop, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Non-traditional student-veterans ages 28–58; fiction, nonfiction, poetry; group editing
Workshop Facilitator | March–April 2018
Writing Our Minds, Iowa Youth Writing Project, Iowa City, IA
Youth interested in mental health ages 12-15; fiction, nonfiction, poetry, collage; printed anthology
Buckley Teaching Fellow in Nonfiction Creative Writing | March 2017
University of Iowa English Department, Iowa City, IA
Visiting high school students; nonfiction and poetry; focus on how to mine social media correspondence (Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook) for personal essay gold
Master Class Co-Instructor | March 2016 and Oct 2016
The Art of the Overshare and From Soho to the Southside,
University of Iowa English Department, Iowa City, IA
College students and community members ages 18-60; nonfiction, fiction, poetry; emphasis on writing via place and personal perspective
Weekly Workshop Facilitator | Sept 2015–May 2016
South East Junior High, Iowa Youth Writing Project, Iowa City, IA
Youth ages 12–15; nonfiction, fiction, poetry, comics; facilitated peer feedback
Weekly Workshop Facilitator | Aug 2013–July 2014
Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago Public Library Humboldt Park Branch, Chicago, IL
Community members ages 22–74; nonfiction, fiction, poetry, storytelling
Weekly Workshop Facilitator | September 2006–June 2009
Heartbeat, Kalamazoo Central High School, Kalamazoo, MI
High school students with complex educational needs; nonfiction, poetry, fiction; public readings
