With a B.A. in Creative Writing (Univ. of Houston, 2006) and a M.A. in Publishing & Writing (Emerson College, 2012), I have taken many literature and writing courses with, or worked for, professors who are leaders in their fields. That list includes:

• Associate Professor Dr. Margot Backus, Univ. of Houston (Irish Literature)

• Senior Lecturer and Managing Editor Glenn Blake (retired), Johns Hopkins Univ. and the Hopkins Review (Creative Writing) 

• Associate Professor Dr. David Emblidge, Emerson College (Book Editing)

• Senior Publisher-in-Residence Gian Lombardo, Emerson College (Textual Studies)

• Assistant Professor Dr. Keya Mitra, Pacific Univ. (Creative Writing)

• Professor and Editor Dr. Charles Rowell, Texas A&M Univ. and Callaloo (African-American Literature)

The skills I learned in those programs have been further refined by my work as the editor of Strangelet as I often work with authors to improve their speculative prose. As a result, I have the ability to help a wide range of authors improve their writing.