Resume

• 2017

  American Literary Translator’s Association (ALTA)\t

• 2014

  Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture (ASAC)

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Bruce G. and Cara Pollard Herlin Creative Writing Excellence Scholarship

  2018-2019\nTTU Pres Doc Ex TA

  2014 - 2018 (Teaching Award) \nHelen Devitt Jones Fellow

  2014 - 2016 (12K Creative Writing Scholarship)

  English with specialization in Creative Writing

  Exams Areas: Narrative History/Theory

  Magical Realism

  and Translation Theory/Praxis

  Texas Tech University

• 2013

  Volume One

  Sundays

  Too

  Howard Community College

  Southwestern College

  Montgomery College

  Montgomery College

  Montgomery College

  Texas Tech University

  Columbia

  MD

  ENGL-097 Fundamentals of Writing\nENGL-121 College Composition\nENGL-205 The Short Story\nENGL-207 Ethics in Literature\nENGL-210 Introduction to Fiction

  Poetry

  and Drama\nENGL-226 World Literature I\n\nAssist in ENGL-087 Academic Advanced Writing for ESL Students and ENGL-097 Developmental Writing through working one-on-one with students to increase their writing and editing development. \n\nWriting Center Consultant in the CLC (Composition and Literature Center)\n\nFiction Reader for The Muse: The Literary and Arts Magazine of Howard Community College

  Senior Adjunct English Instructor

  Howard Community College

  Lubbock

  Texas Area

  Instructor of Record: Hold weekly office hours and advise students

  maintain professional development hours via TLPDC

  volunteer at various on-campus events

  etc.\n\nENGL-1301 Essentials Of College Rhetoric\nENGL-2305 Introduction to Poetry: Readings in Contemporary Poetic Form (Distance)\nENGL-2305 Introduction to Poetry: Form

  Language

  and Beauty (Distance)\nENGL-2307 Introduction to Fiction: Readings in Contemporary Magical Realism (Distance)\nENGL-2307 Introduction to Fiction: The Strange and Magical Worlds of Haruki Murakami (Distance)\nENGL-2308 Introduction to Nonfiction: The Essay and Its Many Shapes (Distance)\nENGL-2351 Introduction to Creative Writing\n\nManaging Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

  2015-2016: Social Media

  Fiction and Nonfiction Reader

  Assigning of Submissions to Associate Editors

  Iron Horse Blog

  Interviews

  Guest Reader Setup

  etc. Associate Editor for Iron Horse Literary Review

  2014-2015: Fiction Reader\n\nUniversity Writing Center and Graduate Writing Center Tutor

  Fall 2014 - Summer 2015: Tutored for 30 or 60 minute sessions face-to-face on a wide range of courses with both undergraduate and graduate students. Also tutored online asynchronously and for the HSC (Health Sciences Center) initial online tutoring pilot system. CLEP Grader

  Spring 2015 - Present.

  Graduate Part-time Instructor

  Texas Tech University

  Rockville and Germantown

  MD

  EN001 Basic English I \nEN101 Introduction to College Writing.\n\nAssociate Tutor in MC-Germantown Writing Center

  Part-Time English Faculty and Associate Tutor

  Montgomery College

  Rockville

  Tutor native and nonnative students in a wide range of subjects/courses/professional writing for \n30 minute walk-ins and 60 minute appointments; assist front office area to register and sign in \nnew and returning students; lead semester workshops focused on the rhetorical analysis and \nportfolio compilation; train new faculty tutors and student aides; update handouts

  maintain equipment in tutoring room.

  Instructional Associate

  Montgomery College

  Winfield

  Kansas

  Assistant Professor Of English

  Southwestern College

  National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE)

• 2012

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

• 2005

  Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)

  Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

  Creative Writing

  Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction: Honorable Mention

  University of Maryland College Park

• 2002

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Minor in Asian American Studies

  Japanese Language and Literature

  Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction: Honorable Mention

  2005\nJiménez-Porter Literary Prize: 2nd Place

  University of Maryland College Park

• 2001

  Phi Theta Kappa

• 1999

  Japanese

  Korean

  English

  Associate of Arts (A.A.)

  Phi Theta Kappa

  Howard Community College

  with Honors

• 30

  Germantown

  Tutored native and nonnative students in a wide range of subjects/courses for 15

  and 45 minute sessions; helped front office area to register and sign in students; led Saturday workshops and created the Rhetorical Strategies Workshop.

  Instructional Associate

  Montgomery College

• Literary Criticism

  Academic Writing

  Creative Non-fiction

  Copy Editing

  Proofreading

  Public Speaking

  English grammar

  Teaching English as a Second Language

  Publications

  History

  Poetry

  College Teaching

  Copywriting

  English Literature

  Creative Writing

  Translation

  ESL

  Tutoring

  Teaching Writing

  American Literature

  Where Are You From

  Where Are You Going?: An Exploration of International Adoption as Resettlement

  Where Are You From

  Where Are You Going?: An Exploration of International Adoption as Resettlement

  Surnames: A Video Essay

  Ken Deed

  Desiccated

  Male Advice

  Chink

  Adoptee Fragment #5

  Mr. Wolf's Foreclosure

  The Precarious Particulars of a Lost and Found Teddy Bear

  Visions of My Father

  The Diving Women

  Zenith

  Storm Drills

  Meditations and Fragments: An Enchiridion for Reflecting on Death

  Cara

  NOVEMBER ADOPTEE LITERATURE FOLIO

  Stockholm Syndrome

  Winner of Palaver's Flash Fiction Contest

  America(n)

  Eule am Grab

  a novel excerpt from Loud and Mute Birds

  Lessons from Oregon