curriculum vitae
L U K E W H I S N A N T
Department of English • East Carolina University • Greenville NC 27858-4353
email: whisnantl@ecu.edu • website: lukewhisnant.com
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CAREER SUMMARY
A three-time recipient of the English Department’s Bertie Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, I am the author of the novels The Connor Project and Watching TV with the Red Chinese; the story collection Down in the Flood; the poetry chapbooks Street and Above Floodstage: a narrative poem; and the novella In the Debris Field, winner of the 2018 Bath Flash Fiction International Novella-in- Flash Award. My fiction and poetry have been published in the U.S. in over fifty different magazines and journals, including Esquire, Arts & Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture, American Short Fiction, Poetry Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, The Journal of Microliterature, Quick Fiction, Chicago Quarterly Review, Chautauqua Literary Review, and many others, and internationally in Frank (France), Revista Neo (Portugal), and Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine (England). My work also appears in over a dozen anthologies, including Racing Home: New Stories by Award-Winning North Carolina Writers; The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina; and This Is Where We Live: Short Stories by Twenty-five Contemporary North Carolina Writers. Three of my stories have been reprinted in New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, and my work has been included three times on The Best American Short Stories “Distinguished Story List.” My teaching has been ranked “Outstanding” by ten successive department chairs and acting chairs, on 38 of 40 annual evaluations. For over thirty years I have served as editor or associate editor of Tar River Poetry, a nationally-ranked magazine of verse.
EDUCATION
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, Washington University in St. Louis, 1982. Thesis director: Stanley Elkin; thesis committee: William H. Gass, Jarvis Thurston. Courses with Elkin, Gass, Howard Nemerov, William Matheson, Sidra Stich, others.
B.A. in English, Concentration in Writing, East Carolina University, 1979.
POSITIONS HELD
2007- Tenured Professor of English, East Carolina University.
1992-2006: Tenured Associate Professor of English, East Carolina University.
1986-1992: Assistant Professor of English, East Carolina University.
1982-1986: Lecturer in English, East Carolina University.
1981-1982: Graduate Teaching Assistant,Washington University in St.Louis.
1991-2019: Summer Instructor, Fiction Writing, Wildacres Writers Workshop.
COURSES TAUGHT
Writing Classes
ENGL 6880: Directed Readings in Creative Writing
ENGL 6870: Literature from the Writer’s Perspective
ENGL 6865: Special Topics Seminar in Creative Writing
ENGL 6850/4850: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 5860: Advanced Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 4890: Practicum: Careers in Writing
ENGL 4350/6865: Creative Writing as a Profession
ENGL 3880: Introduction to Writing for Business and Industry
ENGL 3860: Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
ENGL 3850: Introduction to Fiction Writing
ENGL 3840: Introduction to Poetry Writing
JOUR 3300: The Feature Story
ENGL 2201: Writing in the Disciplines
ENGL 1299: Honors Composition
ENGL 1200: Composition II
ENGL 1100: Composition I
ENGL 1000: Introduction to Literature
Literature Classes
ENGL 5280: Twentieth Century Poetry
ENGL 5260: The Novel Since 1945
ENGL 4510: Directed Readings
ENGL 4300: Recent British and American Writers
ENGL 3420: The Short Story
ENGL 3410: Introduction to Poetry
ENGL 2200: Major American Writers
ENGL 2000: Interpreting Literature
ENGL 1000: Appreciating Literature
Special Topics Seminars
Creative Writing as a Profession
Writing the Short Novel
Literary Awards
Style from the Inside
Great (and not so great) Love Stories
GRADUATE THESES AND COMPREHENSIVE EXAMS
Since 1991 I have directed 45 M.A. theses. Not counting directing, I have served as a member of 41 thesis committees, and have served as either director or committee member for over 50 comprehensive examinations.
PUBLICATIONS
Books and Chapbooks
The Connor Project (novel). Iris Press, 2022.
In The Debris Field (novella). Ad Hoc Press, 2018. Winner of Bath Flash Fiction’s International Novella-in-Flash Award.
Above Floodstage: a narrative poem (chapbook). Finishing Line Press, 2014.
Down in the Flood (story collection). Iris Press, 2006.
Watching TV with the Red Chinese (novel). Algonquin Books, September 1992. Reissued in paperback by Warner Time/Life Books, summer 1994. Included on the 1992 “Potentially Collectible First Novels” list of Modern First Editions Newsletter.
Watching TV with the Red Chinese (screenplay). Commissioned by Watching TV Partners, Los Angeles CA, 1993. Produced as an independent film in 2011.
Street (poetry chapbook). M.A.F. Press 1990. Republished as an Amazon CreateSpace book, May 2012.
Instructor’s Guide: Writing With Confidence. Heath, 1989. Co-authored with J. Kirkland, et al.
Work in Anthologies and Craft Books
“The Horn” and “Later You Find Out Your Father Has Read on WebMD that Antioxidants Can Prevent Cancer” (stories), reprinted in Michael Loveday, Unlocking the Novella-in-Flash: From Blank Page to Finished Manuscript. Ad Hoc Press, 2022: 75-79.
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Man Scraping Chocolate” (poem). In Helena Feder, ed., You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art. NCMA, 2021: 66-67.
“Valentine’s Day” (fiction). In Things Left & Found by the Side of the Road. Ad Hoc Press, 2018: 120.
“Plastic” (fiction). In Flash Fiction Festival One. Ad Hoc Press, 2018: 93.
“Tobacco Barns” and “Wind” (poems). In William Wright and Jesse Graves, eds., The Southern Poetry Anthology, Volume VII: North Carolina. Texas Review Press/Texas A&M, 2014: 245-246.
“I Was in Seven Weddings” (fiction). In Jan B. Parker, Laura Towne, and Nancy Young, eds., The Best of the Fuquay-Varina Reading Series. Main Street Rag, 2014: 59.
“Midnight at the Rehab Center” (poem). In Kakalak 2013. Main Street Rag, 2013: 105.
“Mordred” (fiction). In The Cabinet/Potomac Review. Peck Humanities Institute, 2013: 168-170.
“Mexican Carwreck” (fiction). In Marianne Gingher, ed., Long Story Short: Flash Fiction by Sixty-five of North Carolina’s Finest Writers. UNC Press, 2009: 179-182.
“How to Build a House.” In New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 2006. Algonquin, 2006: 243-250.
“Big Pop” (poem). In Wildacres Poetry. Cushing-Malloy, 2002: 32.
“Background” (fiction). Lead story in Racing Home: New Stories by Award-Winning North Carolina Writers. Paper Journey Press, 2001: 1-13.
“Across from the Motoheads” (fiction). In This Is Where We Live: Short Stories by 25 Contemporary North Carolina Writers. UNC Press, 2000: 39-43.
“Across from the Motoheads” (fiction). Lead story in New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 1987. Algonquin, 1987: 1-6.
“Wallwork” (fiction). In New Stories from the South: The Year’s Best, 1986. Algonquin 1986: 226-234.
Fiction in Journals, Magazines, and Online
“The Night Before the Day of the Dead.” Wigleaf, 22 October 2020. Web.
“What They Didn’t Teach Us.” CRAFT, 3 April 2020. Web. Winner, Editor’s Choice Award.
“Witnesses.” Flash Flood, June 2018. Web. Published as part of International Flash Fiction Day.
“Alptraum.” Hobart, 14 Feb 2018. Web.
“Sandwich.” JMWW, 14 Feb 2018. Web.
“Get On Over Here.” Flash Flood, June 2017. Web. Published as part of International Flash Fiction Day.
“Bioluminescence.” Sycamore Review, 28.2, May 2017: 127.
“The Horn.” Milk Journal, Jan 2017. Web.
“Instant Ancestors.” december, 26.2, Fall/Winter 2015: 193-195.
“Black Mosquito Netting.” Chicago Quarterly Review, 21, Fall 2015: 93.
“Later I Find Out My Mother Has Read On WebMD That Antioxidants Can Prevent Cancer.” Fiction Southeast, Aug 2015. Web.
“Graduation.” [PANK], 7.2, Feb 2012. Web.
“Our Father Was Famous for Keeping the House Cold.” Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine (Chester, England), 4.1, Apr 2011: 12.
“In the Debris Field.” Posit, 5, Feb 2015. Web.
“Siblings.” Stoneboat, 5.1, Fall 2014: 89.
“To Be the Dogman.” Dirty Chai, 4, Fall 2014: 61.
“My Mother Refuses to Dig Any More Flowerbeds with Our New Shovel After She Sees Dad Use It to Decapitate a Four-Foot Rattlesnake by the Birdbath.” The Journal of Microliterature, 2014. Web.
“Sexual Harassment Improvement Training Module #8.” Dialogual, 2014. Web.
“Nazis.” Chautauqua Literary Journal, 9, 2012: 142.
“Dark-Haired Girl in a Red Pickup Truck.” The Gander Press Review, 1.1, 2008, 64-70.
“At the Wedding.” Quick Fiction, 13, Fall 2008: 8.
“Marianne Moore’s Tricorn Hat.” North Carolina Literary Review, 16, 2007: 104-107.
“Boy Poets.” American Short Fiction, 9.34, Summer 2006: 23-29.
“Balm.” NEO: Revista (Lisbon, Portugal), 6, Spring 2006: 97-98.
“Two Years and Seventeen Months.” PerContra, Spring 2006. Web.
“How to Build a House.” Arts & Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture, 14, Fall 2005, 102-109.
“Meta-Mannequin” and “University Billiards.” Dos Passos Review, 2.1, Spring 2005: 37-46.
“The Secret University.” Emrys Journal, 22, Spring 2005: 53-60.
“Castro, Mi Amor.” Sunday Journal: The Raleigh News & Observer, 23 Nov 2003: D-2.
“Up.” NEO: Revista (Lisbon, Portugal), 3, Fall 2003: 103-107.
“River of Time.” Sunday Journal: The Raleigh News & Observer, 8 June 2003: D-2.
“Selkie.” The Beloit Fiction Journal, 15, Spring 2002: 107-117.
“Mexican Carwreck.” Sunday Journal: The Raleigh News & Observer, 21 Oct 2001: D-2.
“Down in the Flood.” Arts & Letters: Journal of Contemporary Culture, 6, Fall 2001: 166-178. “Before Breakfast.” The MacGuffin, 15.2, Spring 1999: 32-34.
“Three Weddings.” The Kennasaw Review, 1997. Web.
“Connor’s Story.” New Virginia Review, Summer 1995. Reprinted as “Loflin’s Story” in Frank, An International Journal of the Arts (Paris, France), 15, Summer 1996.
“The Death of Elvis.” The Crescent Review, 4.2, Fall 1986: 14-21.
“Across from the Motoheads.” Grand Street, 5.1, Fall 1985: 80-85.
“Wallwork.” New Mexico Humanities Review, 7.2, Summer 1984: 56-64.
“Watching TV with the Red Chinese.” Esquire March 1982: 90-98.
“Forgeries.” Smackwarm, 9.2, 1982: 31-33.
Poetry in Journals, Magazines, and Online
“Ars Poetica: Oil Can on the Road.” Cider Press Review, 13, 2012: 33.
“Bats.” South Dakota Review, 50.1, Spring 2012: 79-80.
“September 29th.” Cider Press Review. 2012. Web.
“Paper Money,” Poetry Quarterly, Fall 2011: 17.
“Coffee.” Poetry East, 69, 2010: 37.
“Idyll” and “Doc.” Sundog: The Southeast Review, 20.1, Spring 2000: 8-10.
“Home.” New Delta Review, 13.2, Spring/Summer 1996: 38.
“Hospital” and “Big Pop.” Coastal Plains Poetry, 2, Fall 1993: 51-52.
“Earl.” The Chattahoochie Review, 10.2, Winter 1990: 11.
“Beggars.” Third Lung Review, Spring 1990: 24.
“Vision” and “Poem on a Line from Kafka.” The Webster Review. 13.1, Spring 1988: 62-63.
“’Nothing is Known of This’” and “A Swimming Pool in the Country.” Nebraska Review 15.2,
Spring/Summer 1987: 54-55.
“The Kid Downs One for Old Times’ Sake.” Midland Review 2, Spring 1986: 29.
“Knives.” Nebo, 3.1, Spring 1985: 17-18.
“The Kid Tries His Damnedest to Leave the Stuff Alone.” A Carolina Literary Companion, Fall 1985: 14-15.
“The Only Car on the Road for Miles is Followed by Another Car.” Tar River Poetry, 21.2, Spring 1982: 10-11.
“A State Between Love and Undeath on a Moving Train.” Subject to Change Fall 1981: 7.
“A Flight.” Southern Poetry Review, 20.2, Fall 1980: 58-59.
“Sails,” “The Moment,” and “Snowblind.” Tar River Poetry. 18.1, Fall 1978: 13-16.
“The Price of Tea in China, The Price of Wine in Spain,” “Haiku Sequence: Her Winter Bed,” and
“Song for Myself.” Sanskrit, 6.2, Spring 1975: 8, 19, 24.
Selected Nonfiction and Reviews
“Too Late.” Review of Out of Time: Poetry from the Climate Emergency. Tar River Poetry, 61.2, Spring 2022, 59-61.
“You Say You Want a Revolution.” Review of Philip Rasior’s That Naked Country. Tar River Poetry, 60.1, Fall 2020, 59-61.
“Imagine That You See the Wretched Strangers.” Essay. After the Art, 2, Winter 2018.
“Glorious Kink.” Review of Jenny Johnson’s In Full Velvet. Tar River Poetry, 56.2, Spring 2017, 57-61.
“Perusing the Inbox.” Essay. Shining Rock Poetry Anthology & Book Review, Fall 2016.
“Everwine, Listening.” Review of Peter Everwine’s Listening Long and Late. Tar River Poetry, 53.1, Fall 2013, 57-61.
“An Interview with Founding Editor Peter Makuck.” Tar River Poetry, 41.1, Fall 2008, 58-61.
“King of the Greens.” Profile. Southern Magazine, Sept 1987: 12.
“Whitewater Kayaking.” Article. SportsStyle, May 1983: 39.
“Memoirs of a Backyard Gunman.” Essay. Esquire, Dec 1981: 130.
“The Blues Keep Rolling On.” Article. Seventeen Magazine, January 1976: 16, 20.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND READINGS
The Editor’s Eye: A Workshop. CharlotteLit, November 2021.
Flash Fiction 101: A Workshop. CharlotteLit, February 2021.
Short Story, Flash Fiction, and Novel Workshops. Wildacres Writers Workshop, Little Switzerland NC: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1991.
Fiction Workshop, ECU Veterans Writing Workshop. Greenville, NC, Feb 2018.
“Flash Fiction 101: Misconceptions, History, Strategies, Prompts,” “Fiction: The Lyrical Voice,” and “Traditional vs. Self/Indie or e-Publishing: A Panel Discussion.” SC Writers Association Conference 2017. Pawley’s Island, SC, Oct 2017.
“Finding the Story Shape: A Pattern Language for Fiction.” Pamlico Writers Conference, Washington NC, Nov 2013.
“Special Session: Memoir as Fiction, Fiction as Memoir” (chair). South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Durham NC, 10 Nov 2012.
“Flash Fiction? Prose Poetry?” UNC-Wilmington Writers Week, 14 Nov 2011.
“SAMLA Fiction Panel: Performance and Fiction.” South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Atlanta GA, 6 Nov 2011.
Fiction Reading, Victor Small Writers Series, Barton College, Wilson NC, Feb 2009.
Fiction Reading and Workshop, Kentucky Retreat for Women Writers, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro KY, July 2008.
Interviewed on The State of Things with Frank Stasio, 17 Aug 2006.
Fiction Reading, Longwood Authors Series, Longwood University, 7 Nov 2015.
Short Story Panel Discussion, BookMarks Festival, Winston-Salem NC,10 Sept 2005.
“Reading North Carolina Poets: A Lecture/Discussion Series” (eight separate programs). Presented by the NC Center for the Book and the Edenton Public Library. Edenton NC, Sept and Oct 2003.
“Fictional Fusion: Integrating Your Story Elements.” NC Writers Network Spring Festival, Meredith College, Raleigh NC, 24 May 2003.
“McCall, Idaho.” Article. Summit Magazine, 2013: 32-33. “Winter Wonderland.” Article. Summit Magazine, 2013: 62-63.
“The Poetry Voice.” Panel discussion, Pamlico Writers Conference, Washington NC, Mar 2016.
“The Lyrical Voice.” Pamlico Writers Conference, Washington NC, Mar 2016.
“Prose Poetry? Flash Fiction? A Historical Perspective, 1836-2014, Plus Prompts.” Pamlico Writers Conference, Washington NC, Mar 2014.
“Getting from Here to There.” NC Writers Network Conference, Durham NC, 15 Nov 1996.
“Beginnings and Endings: A Short Story Workshop for New and Intermediate Writers.” North Carolina Writers’ Network, NCWN Resource Center, White Cross NC, 7 Oct 1995.
Short Fiction Workshop, NC Correctional Facility for Women, May 1995.
“All-Day Prose Workshop.” Dare County Arts Council, Kill Devil Hills NC, 22 April 1995.
“Family Narratives and the Writing Process: Life Imitates Art.” The Creative Spark: Macon College Arts Festival, Macon GA, 18 Jan 1995.
Screenwriting Workshop, NC Correctional Facility for Women, Dec 1994.
“The Editor’s Eye.” Mary Baldwin College, Staunton VA, Nov 1993.
Interviewed on “Soundings,” a radio magazine of the National Humanities Center, broadcast on over 300 public radio stations nationwide. Apr 1993.
Visiting Writer, South Carolina Arts Council, Feb 1993.
Authors Panel, O. Henry Festival, Greensboro NC, Apr 1993.
Featured Author, Bookfest, Knoxville TN, Oct 1992.
“Writing The Great American Novel: First Novelists.” Panel Discussion, South Eastern Booksellers Association Convention, Nashville TN, Sept 1992.
“When Is the College Magazine a Literary Magazine?” Panel, South Atlantic MLA, Atlanta GA, Oct 1983.
Numerous fiction and poetry readings in NC, SC, TN, VA, GA, MS, and MO.
HONORS AND AWARDS
Nominated, East Carolina University Board of Governors Teaching Award, November 2022.
Winner, Bertie E. Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of English, 2022.
Editor’s Choice Award, CRAFT Flash Fiction Contest, for “What They Didn’t Teach Us.” Spring 2019.
Nominated, Best of the Net, for “Imagine That You See the Wretched Strangers.” Fall 2019.
Shortlisted, Bath International Flash Fiction Award, for “Valentine’s Day.” October 2018.
Winner, 2018 Bath Flash Fiction International Novella-in-Flash Award, April 2018. Chosen from 111 entries from New Zealand, Australia, Bangladesh, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the US, and published as In the Debris Field, Ad Hoc Press, June 2018.
Fellow, Hambidge Creative Residency, 2018.
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2017.
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2016.
American Advertising Federation Award (Addy Award) for Summit Magazine, for which I served as Senior Editor, and wrote or ghost-wrote all the articles, 2014.
Pushcart Prize Nomination, for “In the Debris Field,” 2015.
ECU Faculty Author Book Award, Joyner Library, for Above Floodstage, 2014.
Finalist, Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Award, for “Stones,” Spring 2013.
Winner, Research/Creative Activity Award, Department of English, ECU, 2007.
Awarded $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for Tar River Poetry, 2006.
Winner, Bertie E. Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of English, 2006.
Finalist, Glimmer Train Open Story Competition, for “Far,” Spring 2006.
Finalist, Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of English, 2021, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.
Pushcart Prize Nomination, for “Connor’s Story,” 1997.
Winner, Bertie E. Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award, Department of English, 1997.
Winner, NC Writers’ Network Short Fiction Contest, Spring 1990.
Distinguished Story List, The Best American Short Stories 1986.
Nominated for Alumni Teaching Award, East Carolina University, 1985-86.
Distinguished Story List, The Best American Short Stories 1985.
Chairperson’s Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Composition, 1985.
Distinguished Story List, The Best American Short Stories 1983.
Washington University Fellowship: 1980-81; 1981-82.
Norma Lowery Memorial Poetry Prize, Washington University, 1981.
Jinx Walker Prize, Academy of American Poets: Honorable Mention, 1980.
Outstanding Senior English Major, East Carolina University, 1979.
First Annual Russell Christman Scholarship in English, East Carolina University 1978.
Hollins College Literary Festival Poetry Prize, First Runner Up, 1978.
EDITING AND WEB DESIGNING
Editor, Tar River Poetry, Fall 2006 - present: 31 issues.
Reviewer and Flash Fiction Judge, The Petigru Review, Summer 2018.
Web Designer / Manager, Graduate concentration in Creative Writing website, 2012 - 2013.
Web Designer / Manager, Tar River Poetry, 2006 - present, tarriverpoetry.com.
Acting Editor, Tar River Poetry, Spring 1995, Spring 1991, Fall 1990, Spring 1989.
Associate Editor, Tar River Poetry, Spring 1987 - Spring 2006.
Senior Editor, Summit Magazine, The Publicus Community, 2013.
Editor, The Common Reader, Department of English newsletter, 1999 - 2001 (12 issues).
Editor, The Museletter, Department of English alumni newsletter, 1999 - 2001 (3 issues).
Web Manager, Department of English, www.ecu.edu/english, 1999 - 2006. Designed, created, and maintained 200+ page website, including over 100 faculty profile pages.
Editor, Circa, Pitt County Arts Council, 1985 (4 issues).
Leaves of Greens: The Collard Poems. Co-editor, with Alex Albright. Ayden Collard Festival. 1984.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member, Bertie Fearing Excellence in Teaching Award Committee, 2022.
Jury, The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature, 2022.
Member, Department of English Undergraduate Committee, Fall 2020 –
Outside reviewer, Dr. Carrie Shipers, tenure and promotion, Rhode Island College, Fall 2020.
Judge, Ruth Moose Flash Fiction Contest, Charlotte Writers Club, Fall 2020.
Outside reviewer, Dr. Julia Elliot, promotion to professor, University of South Carolina, Summer 2018.
Co-Judge, Eastern North Carolina Heart of the Pamlico Poet Laureate Competition, April 2018.
Judge, Flash Fiction Contest, South Carolina Writers Association, Spring 2018.
Outside reviewer, Todd Hearon, Continuing Professional Development, Phillips Exeter, Fall 2017.
Judge, Barton College LifeLines Creative Writing Contest, 2013.
Preliminary Judge, Doris Betts Fiction Contest, NCLR and NC Writers Network, 2013.
Judge, Flash Fiction / Micro-Essay / Prose Poetry Contest, Chautauqua Literary Journal, June 2012.
General College Advisor, 1983-1989 Advised approximately 45 students per semester.
English Advisor, 2001-2006; 2016 - 2020. Advised approximately 10 majors per semester.
Ad Hoc Committee on Revising English BA, 1998-99.
Dean’s Committee on Restructuring the English Department, 2000.
Director, ECU Poetry Forum, 2006-2009. Two meetings per month.
Director/Lead Faculty, graduate creative writing concentration, 1998 - 2003.
Curriculum Development: created syllabus, structure, and design for four new courses (Engl 3831: Playwriting from the Writer’s Perspective; Engl 3841: Poetry from the Writer’s Perspective; Engl 3851: Fiction from the Writer’s Perspective; Engl 3861: Creative Nonfiction from the Writer’s Perspective). All approved, 2008.
Director of Departmental Publications, 1999 - 2001.
Faculty Advisor, Sigma Tau Delta, 1998 - 1999.
Judge, Charlotte Magazine Fiction Contest, March 1998.
Judge, Rowan Cup Poetry Prize, 1996.
Secretary, Department of English monthly faculty meetings, 1992-1996.
Judge, Sir Walter Raleigh Fiction Prize, 1996.
Judge, Thomas Wolfe Fiction Contest, 1994.
Judge, Biannual O. Henry Festival International Short Fiction Contest, 1993.
Member, English Department Personnel Committee, tenured representative (two terms).
Member, English Department Personnel Committee, tenure-track representative (one term).
Member, English Department Executive Committee (one term).
Chair, English Department Student Services and Scholarships Committee (three terms).
Member, English Department Student Services and Scholarships Committee (four terms).
Member, English Department Ad Hoc Committee on Course Loads and Teaching Assignments.
Member, Dean’s Committee to Re-Examine English Program, by invitation of the Dean of CAS.
Chair, Search Committee for position in Poetry Writing (hire: Thomas).
Chair, Search Committee for position in Children’s Literature (hire: Parille).
Chair, Search Committee for position in Nonfiction Writing (hire: Albright).
Member, Search Committee for position in Fiction Writing (hire: Wieland).
Member, Search Committee for position in Poetry Writing (hire: Hoppenthaler).
Member, Search Committee for position in Latino/a Literature (hire: Irizarry).
Member, Search Committee for position in Contemporary Literature (hire: Douglass).
Member, Search Committee for position in Children’s Literature (hire: Tedesco).
Member, Search Committee for position in Linguistics (hire: Aceto).
Member, Search Committee for position in Linguistics (hire: Cope).
Member, Search Committee for position in Hispanic-American Literature (hire: Sokolovsky).
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Undergraduate Curriculum Revision.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Five-Year Departmental Evaluation.
Member, Hiring Policies and Procedures Revision (subcommittee of Personnel Committee).
MEMBERSHIPS AND LISTINGS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Associated Writing Programs
PEN America, Professional Membership
International Flash Fiction Association (IFFA)
Academy of American Poets
Poets & Writers, Directory of Writers
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
North Carolina Writers Conference (by invitation only)
Sigma Tau Delta International Honor Society for English, member, Omicron Theta chapter
Lambda Iota Tau International Honor Society for Literature, honorary member, Delta Iota chapter
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Last Update: 31 October 2022