Academics etc.
Education M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1974 B.A., University of Washington, 1972
Professional Experience
Retired, December, 2006.
Mesa Community College, English Department: Professor, August, 1992 – December, 2006. Duties: teach freshman English, creative writing, modern fiction; Evening Chair, fall 1994; Coordinator of Adjunct Faculty, 1995.
California State University/Sacramento, Learning Skills Center and English Department: Asst. Professor. Duties: taught freshman composition and courses in reading for structure and meaning, writing skills and strategies. July, 1988 - July, 1992.
Northern Arizona University, English Department: Instructor. Duties: taught all levels of composition, including remedial and developmental English; creative writing for Southwest Writer's Conference. January, 1985 - July, 1988.
Yavapai Community College, English Department: Instructor. Duties: taught remedial and first and second semester English Composition. August, 1987 - May, 1988.
Arizona State University, English Department: Lecturer. Duties: taught creative writing, poetry and fiction, from freshman to graduate level; introduction to literature. August, 1978 - May, 1981.
Community College of Vermont/Brattleboro, Humanities Department. Lecturer. Duties: taught courses in poetry writing, the modern novel, "Eastern Thought/Western Words", a course that examined the presence of eastern philosophies and perspectives in western literature. September, 1974 - May, 1976.
University of Iowa, Rhetoric Program: Teaching Assistant. Duties: taught first and second semester freshman rhetoric, 1972-1974.
Academic Service
Creative Writing Coordinator, 2000 - 2004, Mesa Community College.
Director, Mesa Literary Festival, 2003 & 2006, Mesa Community College.
Director, "The Living Web," a literary festival, 2001 & 2002, Mesa Community College.
Liaison to Preparing Future Faculty program at the Graduate College, Arizona State University, 1996 - 1999.
Representative to Maricopa Community College District English Instructional Council and District representative to the state Articulation Task Force, 1996 - 1997.
Chair, Freshman Composition Assessment Committee English, Department, Mesa Community College, 1995 - 1997.
Member, Maricopa Community College District Committee on Intellectual Property Rights, 1995 - 1997.
Member, Admissions and Standards Committee, Mesa Community College, 1995 - present.
Presenter, Multi-culturalism in the classroom, English Dialogue Day, Phoenix College, March 30, 1994.
Conferee, National Community College Chair Academy, Phoenix, February 24-25, 1994.
Language Arts and Study Skills Coordinator, Summer Bridge Program, California State University/Sacramento, 1991-1992.
Presenter, "Beyond Multiculturalism," University Association of Research Scholars, C.S.U.S., April 6, 1991.
Conferee, 10th International Conference on Critical Thinking, Sonoma State University, August, 1990.
Instructor, Summer Bridge Program, California State University/Sacramento, 1988-1992.
Chair, Policy Review Committee, Learning Skills Center, C.S.U.S., 1992.
Member, Basic Writing Sub-committee, selected readings and devised questions for department-wide essay exams, C.S.U.S., 1989-1992.
Reader and Counselor, Writing Proficiency Exams, C.S.U.S., 1988-1992.
Instructor, Summer Bridge Program, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 1986-1987.
Reader for Educational Testing Service PPST Exams, Berkeley, 1986.
Coordinator for English Department Reading series and literary conferences, A.S.U., 1980-1981.
Professional Activities
Judge for Academy of American Poets competition for Arizona State University students, May, 2004.
Panelist, "How To Start a Writing Program in Two-Year Colleges,"Associated Writing Programs annual conference, Baltimore, March, 2003.
Moderator, "You're Only Immortal Once," a panel on the preservation of popular culture, Southwest Popular Culture Association annual conference, Albuquerque, Feburary, 2003.
Panelist, "Millennium Without Memory: the preservationist roles of educators, prose writers, and poets," with Katharine Coles, W. Scott Olsen, Peggy Shumaker, and Dawn Marano, moderator, Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, March 29 - April 1, 2000, Kansas City.
Moderator, "A Writer-Ghost in the Machine," a panel with Janet Holmes and Colin Morton, Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference, April 14 - 17, 1999, Albany. Presenter, "Faculty and Student Rights: Privacy and Academic Freedom on the Internet," Third Annual Learning on the Internet Conference, Santa Rosa Junior College, April 8 & 9, 1999.
Panelist, "Literary Publishing in the New Millennium," Tucson Poetry Festival, April 5, 1998.
Panelist, "Creative Writing Across the Curriculum," Associated Writing Programs Conference, Portland, Oregon, March 27, 1998.
Founded The Salt River Review, an electronic magazine, that publishes poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction from around the world, November, 1997.
Humanities Scholar for Phoenix Public Library "Poets in Person" projects, a program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, October, 1997.
Presenter, Pedagogy Panel, Associated Writing Programs 1996 Annual Conference, April 3 - 6, Washington, DC.
Panelist, "Poetry in the Valley: Where We've Been and Where We're Going," sponsored by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, Scottsdale Center for the Arts, February, 1997.
Panel moderator, "The Other Courses We Teach," Associated Writing Programs’ Conference, April 1996, Atlanta, Georgia.
Judge for Academy of American Poets competition for Arizona State University students, May, 1995.
Featured reader and speaker, Arizona State Poetry Society annual conference, Scottsdale, AZ, April 29, 1995.
Presenter, Pedagogy Panel, Associated Writing Programs 1995 Annual Conference, March 8-11, Pittsburgh, PA.
Poet-in-residence, Arizona Commission on the Arts "Tumblewords" project and Artists' Roster, 1994-95.
Conferee, Associated Writing Programs 1994 Annual Conference, April 7 - 9, Tempe, AZ.
Judge of poetry competition, Environment issue, Southwest magazine, Flagstaff, 1994. Judge for Literary Magazine Competition, Community College Humanities Association, September, 1993.
Presenter, Evaluation of texts with multicultural focus, N.I.S.O.D. Conference, Austin, Texas, May, 1993.
Co-moderator, "The Effect of the Southwest on the Writer: The Writer's Effect on the Southwest," a panel discussion, 4th annual Southwest Writer's Conference, City Hall, Flgstaff, AZ, June, 1986.
Co-director, 4th annual Southwest Writer's Conference, N.A.U., Flagstaff, June, 1986.
Director, 5th annual Bisbee Poetry Festival, Bisbee, AZ, July, 1982.
Panelist and reader, "The Poet-Editor Connection," a three-day conference on the process of editing by poet-editors, Arizona State University, April, 1979.
Panelist, Southwestern P.E.N. Conference, A.S.U., 1978.
Editor/Publisher, Porch magazine, chapbook series, and Inland Boat pamphlet series, Seattle, WA and Tempe, AZ, 1977-1982.
Honors and Awards
Nominated for Los Angeles Times Book Award in Poetry for Temporary Meaning (2006)
Nominated for Pushcart Prize, 2002, 2003, 2004
Maricopa Community Colleges Lodestar internal grant, 1997.
Faculty Professional Development Mini-grant, California State University at Sacramento, 1990-91.
The Capricorn Award, The Writer's Voice and the West Side Y Writer's Center, NYC, 1987.
Writer's Fellowship in Poetry, Arizona Commission on the Arts, 1981.
"Outstanding Writer," Pushcart Prize III, 1977.
Teaching Fellowship, University of Iowa Writer's Workshop, 1972-1974.
Poetry Readings
2000's: Poetry and War, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore; Southwest Popular Culture Association Annual Conference; The Writer's Center,Bethesda, Maryland; Cecil County Arts Council, Elkton, MD; Westbeth, NYC; Connecticut College, New London, CT; Eastern Connecticut State University,Willimantic, CT; Elliott Bay Book Company,Seattle, WA; Inter-American Bookfair & Literary Festival, Trinity University, San Antonio; St. Mary's University, San Antonio; "The Living Web Literary Festival," Mesa Community College
1990's: Arizona State University; Benefit Reading for "Art From The Heart," Central Arizona Shelter Services, Hergerger Theater,Phoenix; Arizona State Poetry Society 1995 Annual Conference; Eastern Arizona College; "Faculty Showcase," Phoenix College; "First Tuesday," reading series, Orbit Expresso, Phoenix; "Kick-off" Reading, 1994-95 season, The Writer's Voice, Scottsdale/Paradise Valley YMCA; Southwest Arts Conference & Scottsdale Arts Festival; Mohave Community College and The London Bridge, Lake Havasu, AZ (sponsored by Arizona Commission on the Arts "Tumblewords" project); The Writer's Voice, YMCA of Greater New York; California State University, Sacramento; Galeria Posada, Santa Fe; University of California, Santa Barbara.
1980's: St. John's College, Santa Fe; Verde Valley Arts Association, Jerome, AZ; M.A.R.S. Gallery, Phoenix; Eastern Arizona University; The Artists' Gallery, Santa Fe; 1st, 3rd, & 4th annual Southwest Writer's Conferences, Northern Arizona University; Cochise Fine Arts, Bisbee, AZ; Alwun House Poetry Series, Phoenix; Kerr Cultural Center, Scottsdale, AZ; The Book Barn, Somerset, NJ; Maple Leaf Poetry Series, New Orleans; Louisiana State University
1970's: Arizona State University; University of Washington Castalia Series