W. Todd Kaneko | Curriculum Vita

W. Todd Kaneko
Grand Valley State University
Department of Writing
Lake Ontario Hall 209
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
email: kanekot [at] gvsu [dot] edu

Education

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, 2006.
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.
Thesis: The Promise Engine (A Novel)
Committee: Ron Carlson (chair), T.M. McNally, J. Boyer

Bachelor of Arts with Distinction in English, Emphasis in Writing, 2003.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.
Honors Thesis: Stories
Thesis Advisor: David Bosworth

Associate of Arts and Sciences with College Honors, 2000.
Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington.

Academic Teaching Experience

Affiliate Professor, Department of Writing (2009 to present) Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
	Writing 350: Business Communication Writing 330: Intermediate Fiction Workshop Writing 305: Writing in the Disciplines Writing 219: Introduction to Creative Writing Writing 210: Writing with Style Writing 200: Introduction to Professional Writing Writing 150: Strategies in Writing Writing 098: Writing With Purpose

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Writing (2008 to 2009) Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
	Writing 350: Business Communication Writing 330: Intermediate Fiction Workshop Writing 305: Writing in the Disciplines Writing 219: Introduction to Creative Writing Writing 150: Strategies in Writing

Adjunct Professor, Department of Writing (2007 to 2008) Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
	Writing 350: Business Communication Writing 305: Writing in the Disciplines Writing 219: Introduction to Creative Writing Writing 150: Strategies in Writing

Faculty Associate, Humanities and Arts (Summer 2006 to Summer 2007) Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus, Mesa, Arizona.
	English 217: Writing Reflective Essays English 102: First Year Composition

Faculty Associate, Department of English (2006 to 2007) Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona.
	English 310: Intermediate Creative Writing: Fiction English 301: Writing for the Professions English 102: First-Year Composition English 101: First-Year Composition

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of English (2003 to 2006) Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona.
	English 217, Writing Reflective Essays English 210, Introduction to Creative Writing: Fiction English 102, First-Year Composition English 101, First-Year Composition

Other Teaching Experience

Teaching Fellow, Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop (2012) Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio.

Instructor, McNair Scholar's Program (2008) Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
	GRE Verbal Prep Course.

Instructor, Young Writers' Program (2005) Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona.
	Taught Creative Writing at Phoenix Advantage Charter School. Led Creative Writing for “Early Start to College” with Hispanic Borders Leadership Institute.

Instructor, Bellevue Community College Art Zones (2001 to 2003) Bellevue Community College Continuing Education, Bellevue, Washington.
	Otherworlds: Writing Genre Fiction The Future of the Book: eBooks and eLibraries (team-taught with Ken Anderson).

Writing Tutor, English Department Writing Center (2001 to 2003) University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Teaching Interests

Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry, Literary Non-fiction, Genre Writing, Multi-Modal Composing
Professional Writing: Business Communication, Professional Writing, Document Design
Literature: Reading for Creative Writers, Modern/Postmodern, Hypertext
Composition: Expository, Argumentative, and Reflective Writing

Publications & Exhibitions

Book
The Dead Wrestler Elegies (Curbside Splendor, forthcoming 2014)

Poetry
Anthologies
	"Quarry for the Hungry Monkeys." 99 Poems for the 99 Percent. Print. Forthcoming. "Mr. Perfect Is What He Says He Is." Rabbit Ears: TV Poems. Ed. Joel Allegretti. Forthcoming. Ten Poems. Song of the Owashtanong: Grand Rapids Poetry in the 21st Century. Ed. David Cope. Ridgeway Press, 2013. 69-80. Print.
Literary Journals
	Forthcoming "Bruiser Brody Finishes This Thing." REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters. Forthcoming. "Every Night, the Super Destroyer." REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters. Forthcoming. "Gene Kiniski Says It's Not the End." REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters. Forthcoming. "Sorrow for Woman." REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters. Forthcoming. "We Do Not Want to Believe There is a Place in Hell." REAL: Regarding Arts & Letters. Forthcoming. "Eddie Guerrero's Last Frog Splash." Winter Tangerine Review. Print. Forthcoming. "Gorgeous George was the Human Orchid." The Tusculum Review. Print. Forthcoming. "Listen." Big Scream. Print. Forthcoming. "Wolf Song." Big Scream. Print. Forthcoming. "Reading Comprehension 37: Children of Minidoka." Big Scream. Print. Forthcoming. "Birthright." Big Scream. Print. Forthcoming. "Transformation." Big Scream. Print. Forthcoming. "Lean Winter, Glorious Hunger." Makeout Creek. Print. Forthcoming. "Be More Like Sputnik Monroe." Willow Springs. Forthcoming. "Long Live the King of Hearts." Willow Springs. Forthcoming. "Reading Comprehension 72: Magnitude." Third Coast. Print. Forthcoming. "Flowers for Adrian Adonis." Paper Darts. Web. Forthcoming. "Playboy Buddy Rose Knows How Much He Weighs." Paper Darts. Web. Forthcoming. "That Night the Fabulous Moolah Finally Lost Her Championship." Paper Darts. Web. Forthcoming. "American Children." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. "Cartography." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. "Matching: Greedy Foxes, Vacant Places." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. "Origami Puzzle." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. "They Say This Is How the Wolf Behaves." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. "Tongue's Lament." Asian-American Literary Review. Forthcoming. 2013 "The Grand Wizard of Wrestling Can Make You a Man." Heavy Feather Review 3.1. Web. "The Missing Link Explains How to Be a Monster." Heavy Feather Review 3.1. Web. "Rikidozan Was Big In Japan." Heavy Feather Review 3.1. Web. "New Words for Triceratops." Juked. Web. "How I Know Stanislaus Zbyszko." Menacing Hedge 3.2. Web. "Judy Grable Makes a Living." Menacing Hedge 3.2. Web. "June Byers Knows What a Woman Wants." Menacing Hedge 3.2. Web. "Big John Studd Lost the Bodyslam Challenge." Sundog Lit: Games Issue. Web. "Here Lies Hercules Hernandez." Sundog Lit: Games Issue. Web. "Men Like the British Bulldog." Sundog Lit: Games Issue. Web. "Ravishing Rick Rude is Still the Sexiest Man." Paper Darts 5: 15. Print. "Hawk Leaves Animal Behind." Paper Darts 5: 15. Print. "Slash Plays the National Anthem." The Fiddleback 3.4. Web. "Conversation with My Grandfather." Weave Magazine 9: 21. Print. "Conversation with My Grandmother." Weave Magazine 9: 22. Print. "The Heart of the Texas Tornado." Copper Nickel 19: 80-3. Print. "Selected Legends of Andre the Giant." Copper Nickel 19: 78-9. Print. "Luna Vachon Is the Shadow in Your Darkness." RHINO. (2013): 58. Print. "Air Guitar." The MacGuffin 29.2: 154. Print. "Radio Dedication." MacGuffin 29.2: 155. Print. "This is Rock and Roll." Barrelhouse 11: 134. Print. "They Say This Is How the Wolf Sings." Yemassee 20.1: 21. Print. "Junkyard Dog Says Things Are Gonna Be All Right." Moon City Review. (2013): 54. Print. "Ain't No Cage Can Hold Mad Dog Sawyer." Moon City Review. (2013): 56. Print. "Stan Stasiak Was World Champion for Nine Days." New Madrid 8.1: 12. Print "The Night Watchman." Drunken Boat 16. Web. "A Man Walks into a Bar." Fox Chase Review. (Winter/Spring 2013). Web. "Insomnia Song." Fox Chase Review. (Winter/Spring 2013). Web. 2012 "Only Now Do I See That the Wind Is Full of Arrows." Jet Fuel Review 4. Web. "They Say This Is How the Witch Sings." Jet Fuel Review 4. Web. "Chief Jay Strongbow Knows All About the Sleeper Hold." Boxcar Poetry Review 31. Web. "When We Talk About ___." Fifth Wednesday Journal 11: 54. Print "A House Can Also Be a Cage." Thrush Poetry Journal (November 2012). Web. "A House Can Be Made of Bone Too." Thrush Poetry Journal (November 2012). Web. "A House Can Be Made of Water Too." Thrush Poetry Journal (November 2012). Web. "Pop Song." Minnesota Review 79: 24. Print. "Hogs in the Mud, Sheep in the Sky." Skidrow Penthouse 14: 205. Print. "Behind Every Man There is Sensational Sherri." Revolution House 2.2. Web. "New Hunting Grounds for Wahoo McDaniel." Revolution House 2.2. Web. "The Sheik Likes to Hurt People." Revolution House 2.2. Web. "Bronko Nagurski Beat Lou Thesz That Night." Cobalt Review 5. Web. "It All Started With Strangler Lewis." Cobalt Review 5. Web. "Killer Kowalski and the Cauliflower Ear." Cobalt Review 5. Web. "Reading Comprehension 44: Woodsmen." The Michigan Poet (September 2012). Web. "Fimbulwinter." Disquieting Muses Quarterly Review (Summer 2012). Web. "The Last Day of Creation." Disquieting Muses Quarterly Review (Summer 2012). Web. "Elegy for Witches." The Bakery (29 Aug. 2012). Web. "They Say This Is How the Ogres Lived." The Bakery (28 Aug. 2012). Web. "They Say This Is How the Ogre Lost His Heart." The Bakery (27 Aug. 2012). Web. "They Say This is How the Heart Works." Kartika Review 13: 36-7. Web. "Macho Man's Last Elbow Drop." The Collagist 37. Web. "Miss Elizabeth Said 'Oh Yeah.'" The Collagist 37. Web. "Legacies of Camp." Bellingham Review 35.2: 131-3. Print. "Different Kinds of Trees." Sweet 4.3. Web. "We Sleep Like Horses." Sweet 4.3. Web. "Idaho." TRNSFR 5: 20. Web. "Reading Comprehension 12: The Crane Wife." Baltimore Review (Winter 2012). Web. • Reprinted in Baltimore Review 2012. Ed. Barbara Diehl. Baltimore: Baltimore Review, 2012. Print. "Reading Comprehension 30: Peach Boy." Baltimore Review (Winter 2012). Web. • Reprinted in Baltimore Review 2012. Ed. Barbara Diehl. Baltimore: Baltimore Review, 2012. Print. 2011 "Remembering Minidoka." Los Angeles Review 10: 298. Print. • Reprinted online on Los Angeles Review Website. "Reading Comprehension 23: Action Figures." Word Riot (Oct. 2011). Web. "Reading Comprehension 666: The Hungry Ghosts." Word Riot (Oct. 2011). Web. "Elegy for Cake." Prick of the Spindle. 5.3 Web. "Intoxication." Prick of the Spindle 5.3. Web. "They Say This is How the Forest Sings." Prick of the Spindle 5.3. Web. “Northwest Poem.” Lantern Review 2. (Winter 2011). Web. “Directions.” Southeast Review 21.1: 13. Print. 2010 “Forty” Superstition Review 6 (Fall 2010). Web. "Moving Day." Blackbird 9.1. Web. "This Is the Brain." Blackbird 9.1. Web. "The Astronomers." Thin Air Magazine 16: 30-4. Print. "The Heart of Saturday Night." Thin Air Magazine 16: 30-4. Print. "We Are Made of This." Thin Air Magazine 16: 30-4. Print. "Lycanthropy."Grand Valley Review 35 (Spring/Summer 2010): 74-77. Print. "Safe Words." Grand Valley Review 35 (Spring/Summer 2010): 74-77. Print. "This Poem Wants to be a Professional Wrestler." Grand Valley Review 35 (Spring/Summer 2010): 74-77. Print. "The War on Cryptozoology." Grand Valley Review 35 (Spring/Summer 2010): 74-77. Print. "Checklist for Picnic Baskets." Fairy Tale Review, the Red Issue: 90-92. Print. "Lycanthropy." Fairy Tale Review, the Red Issue: 90-92. Print. "Short Cuts." Fairy Tale Review, the Red Issue: 90-92. Print. "Elegy for Dinosaurs." Puerto Del Sol 45.1 (Spring 2010): 159. Print. 2008-2009 “Multiple Choice.” Crab Creek Review 22.1. (Fall/Winter 2009): 3. Print. “Aquarium.” Harpur Palate 8.1 (Summer 2008): 34. Print. “Best Places to Kiss in Seattle.” The Comstock Review 22.1 (Spring/Summer 2008): 34. Print.
Blogs & Online Projects
	"Quarry." 99 Poems for the 99 Percent. 4 January 2012. Web. “Words for Butterfly, Words for Moth.” 7 Rings, an Artist’s Game of Telephone. The Huffington Post. 3 Nov. 2010. Web.

Fiction
	"B-Movies," Paper Darts. Web. "B-Movie (2)." The Pedestal Magazine 70. Web. "B-Movie (1)." NANO Fiction 4.2. (Spring 2011): 50. Print. "The Eighties." Portland Review 56.1 (Spring/Summer 2009): 94-97. Print. "Halloween, 1982." Passages North 29.1 (Winter/Spring 2008): 154-60. Print. • Reprinted online on Passages North Website. "The Loveless Story." Word Riot. 18 January 2008. Web. • Reprinted in Vietnamese at TienVe.org. Web. "Animal Control." Fugue 33 (Summer/Fall 2007): 60-72. Print. • Reprinted online on Fugue Website. "Proof." Writers' Gym. Ed. Eliza Clark. Toronto: Penguin Canada. 2007: 19-22. Print. “The Fastest Man Alive.” Roanoke Review xxxi (Spring 2006): 120-134. Print. “We Ride Bikes.” WriterOnline. 22 March 2005. Web.

Non-Fiction
	"The Night Women's Wrestling Mattered." The World Is a Text. Forthcoming. "The Manly Arts (Or What I've Learned About Being a Man Watching Professional Wrestling)." The Normal School 6:1. (Spring 2013): 42-7. Print. "Babyfaces." Bring the Noise: The Best Pop Culture Essays from Barrelhouse. Ed. Tom McAllister. Baltimore: Barrelhouse Books, 2013. 78-97. Print.

Articles & Interviews
	“Rev. of Deadbeat by Jay Baron Nicorvo. New York, NY. Four Way Books, 2012.” TAB: The Journal of Poetry & Poetics. Chapman University. Forthcoming. "The Things We Do: Character Codes of Conduct in Fiction." Southeast Review Writers Regimen. October 2012. Web. "A Writer Lays the Smack Down." Southeast Review Young Writers Regimen. March 2012. Web. "Story Skins: One Note Stories in Narrative Layers." The Best of the Pedagogy Papers 2010. Association of Writing Programs. March 2010. Web. “Impossibly True Tales: Michael Chabon on Blurring Lines and Blowing Minds.” Marginalia 3.1 (Fall 2006): 7-9. Print. Kaneko, W. Todd, Lena Rosenfield, and Søren G. Palmer. “Nine Questions with Charles Baxter.” Hayden’s Ferry Review 37 (Fall/Winter 2005-6): 59-62. Print. “Comix Without Spandex: Why Art Spiegelman’s Work Is Essential Reading.” Marginalia 2.2 (Spring 2005): 4-6. Print. “Rev. of In Praise of Pedagogy, ed. Wendy Bishop and David Starkey. Portland, MA. Calendar Islands Publishers, 2000.” Rhetoric and Composition Book Reviews Corner. Arizona State University. 2004. Web.

Exhibitions
	Kaneko, W. Todd and Kris Sanford. “Two-Dimensional.” Visual Text Project II: Transformation. STEP Gallery. Tempe, AZ. 20-26 February 2006. Kaneko, W. Todd and Cheryll Leo-Gwin. “About Dollface.” Fine Arts Center of Edmonds. Edmonds, WA. 8 May 2004.

Selected Works Under Review

This Is How the Bone Sings. (Book length poetry manuscript)
Assorted poems, essays and stories.

Selected Works Currently in Progress

The Manly Art. (Nonfiction manuscript)
The Magical Cabinet of Doctor Wu. (Hypertext novel in progress)
Metalhead. (Poetry manuscript)
Assorted poems, essays and stories.

Research Interests

Creative Writing: Fiction, Poetry and Nonfiction, Hypertext
Hypertext and Electronic Literary Studies
American Literature (Modern/Postmodern)
Asian-American Literature

Conference Presentations

"Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right, Stuck in the Middle of a Story." Associated Writing Programs Conference 2013. Boston, Massachusetts. 9 March 2013.

"Teaching Poetry: Pedagogy and Diversity." Grand Rapids Poets Conference. Grand Rapids Community College. Grand Rapids, MI. 3 April 2012.

“Occupational Monologues.” Fiction Pedagogy Forum Keynote Speaker. Associated Writing Programs Conference 2011. Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. Washington, DC. 3 February 2011.

“Story Skins.” Pedagogy Forum: Fiction. Associated Writing Programs Conference 2010. Denver Hyatt Regency Hotel & Colorado Conference Center. Denver, Colorado. 7 April 2010.

“The Unreal Poet.” Pedagogy Forum: Poetry. Associated Writing Programs Conference 2009. Chicago Hilton Hotel. Chicago. 13 February 2009.

“Time Machines.” Pedagogy Forum: Fiction and Drama. Associated Writing Programs Conference 2008. Hilton New York & Sheraton New York Hotel. New York. 31 January 2008.

“Getting Your Foot in the Door: Publishing in Small Press Journals.” Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 23 February 2006.

Session Chair. “Off the Margins: Blurring of Gender and Center.” Eleventh Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 26 March 2005.

“The Power of the eBook.” Arts S.O.S. Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, Washington. 31 May 2003.

“ePublishing in the 21st century.” 2002 Pacific Northwest Writers Association Conference. Hilton Seattle Airport Conference Center, Seattle, Washington. 13 July 2002.

“Diplomatic Relations: Peer Tutors in the Writing Classroom.” 2002 Western States Composition Conference. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 25 October 2002.

Invited Readings & Lectures

Poetry Reading. Norwich University. Norwich, VA. 29 October 2013.

Poetry Reading. Creative Youth Center Benefit Dinner. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 17 October 2013.

Poetry Reading. Book Launch for Song of the Owashtanong: Grand Rapids Poetry in the 21st Century. Grand Rapids Public Library. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 5 April 2013.

Poetry Reading. Wednesday Night Sessions Reading Series. Mentobé Café. Farmington, Michigan. 27 March 2013.

Poetry Reading. Association of Writing Programs Conference Off-site Reading. Daisy Buchanan's. Boston, Massachusetts. 9 March 2013.

Poetry Reading. ASU Alumni Association of Writing Programs Conference Off-site Reading. Brookline Brooksmith. Boston, Massachusetts. 7 March 2013.

Poetry Reading. Poetry and Pints. Harmony Brewing Company. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 20 January 2012.

Poetry Reading. Grand Rapids Community College. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 25 October 2012.

Panel Discussion. Kerrytown Bookfest. Kerrytown Farmer's Market, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 9 September 2012.

Poetry Reading. Squalorly Reading Night. Dog Story Theatre. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 27 August 2012.

Poetry Reading. Grand Rapids Poets Conference. Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 3 April 2012.

Poetry Reading. Association of Writing Programs Conference 2012 Off-site Reading. Brando's Speakeasy. Chicago, Illinois. 3 March 2012.

Poetry Reading. Cherry Bomb Reading Series. Bar Divani. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 4 April 2011.

Poetry Night Reading. Schulers Books. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 10 March 2011.

Poetry Reading. Lantern Review/Boxcar Poetry Review Reading. Association of Writing Programs Conference 2011 Off-site Reading. Go Mama Go! Washington, DC. 4 February 2011.

Fiction Reading. Kenyon Review 2007 Writers' Workshop Fellows Reading. Kenyon Review 2007 Writers' Workshop. Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 17 June 2007.

Fiction Reading. Twelfth Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium Sonoran Prize Reading. Bison Witches Bar & Deli, Tempe, Arizona. 24 February 2006.

Art Exhibit. Visual Text Project II: Transformation Exhibition Reception. Visual Text Project II: Transformation Exhibit. STEP Gallery, Tempe, Arizona. 22 February 2006.

Fiction Reading. Hurricane Katrina Poetry Jam Benefit. Tempe, Arizona. 23 September 2005.

Interview with Todd Kaneko: Transitioning to Online Teaching. Knowledge Revolution. ASUonline. 13 July 2005. Podcast feed: <asuonline.asu.edu/podcast/feeds/ 28Knowledge_Revolution.xml>.

Service

Department
	WRT 098 Syllabus of Record Focus Group. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2013 Semester. Broadside and Poster Design & Production for Grand Valley Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2012 and Winter 2013 Semesters. Broadside and Poster Design & Production for Grand Valley Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 Semesters. WRT 150 Focus Group. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2011 Semester. Organizer. Writing Department Visiting Faculty Reading. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2011 Semester. Broadside Design & Production for Grand Valley Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2010 and Winter 2011 Semesters. Broadside Design & Production for First Annual Grand Valley State University Poetry Prize. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2010 Semester. Organizer. Writing Department Visiting Faculty Reading Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 Semesters. Broadside Design & Production for Grand Valley Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 Semesters. Broadside Design & Production for Grand Valley Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 Semesters. Introductions for Caitlin Horrocks and Mathew Mullins. Grand Valley State University Visiting Writers Series. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. 13 March 2008. 2007 Printer’s Devil Essay Contest Reader. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. Apr-May 2007. Introductions for Peter Pereira Reading. Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 23 February 2007. Reading Host. Sonoran Prize Reading. Thirteenth Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 16 February 2007. Faculty Associate Sponsor. Tontozona Writers’ Retreat. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 13-15 October 2006. 2006 Printer’s Devil Essay Contest Reader. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 3 May 2006. MFA Graduate Student Representative. Graduate Scholars of English Association. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2005-2006. Graduate Teaching Assistant Peer Mentor. Graduate Scholars of English Association. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2005-2006. Introductions for Michael Stackpole Reading. Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 24 February 2006. Introductions for T.M. McNally and Jim Simmerman Readings. Desert Nights Rising Stars Writers’ Conference. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 11 March 2005. Co-Organizer. ASU Graduate Student Reading Series. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2004-2005.

University
	Broadside Design & Production for Poetry Night. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2013. Broadside Design & Production for Poetry Night. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2012. Fiction Judge. 2012 Oldenburg Writing Contest. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2012. Graduate Student Mixed Genre Judge. 2012 Oldenburg Writing Contest. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2012. Broadside Design & Production for Poetry Night. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2011. Fiction Judge. 2010 Lanthorn Literary Edition. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2010. Broadside Design & Production for Poetry Night. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2010. Broadside Design & Production for Poetry Night. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2009. Award Presenter. 2008 English Department Awards. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2008. Fiction Judge. 2008 Oldenburg Writing Contest. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2008. Résumé Building Workshop for GVSU Ad Club. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. 20 October 2007.

Community & Profession
	Grand Rapids Poet Laureate Selection Committee. Grand Rapids, Michigan. 2013. Manuscript Review. Michigan State University Press. Lansing, Michigan. Winter 2012 Essay Judge. 2011 LAND Creative Writing Contest. Liberal Arts Network for Development, Michigan. Fall 2011. Poster Designs for Cherry Bomb Literary Reading Series. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Fall 2010 and Winter 2011. Poster Designs for Cherry Bomb Literary Reading Series. Grand Rapids, Michigan. Winter 2010.

Editorial Experience

Associate Editor, Disquieting Muses Quarterly Review. 2012-present.

Associate Editor, Hayden's Ferry Review. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2011-2013.

Associate Prose Editor, Hayden’s Ferry Review, #39-40. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2006-2007.

Prose Editor, Hayden’s Ferry Review, #37-38. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2004-2005.

Associate Fiction Editor, Hayden’s Ferry Review, #34-36. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2003-2004.

Professional Development

Drupal Training Workshop, Department of Writing. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Spring Semester, 2010.

Information Technology Workshops, Information Technology Department. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Winter 2010.

Information Technology Workshops, Information Technology Department. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2008.

Information Technology Workshops, Information Technology Department. Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan. Fall 2007.

Professional Development Workshops. Graduate Scholars of English Association. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. Fall 2006.

Blogging in the Classroom Roundtable. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. Fall 2007.

Professional Development Workshops. Graduate Scholars of English Association. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. Spring 2006.

Professional Development Workshops. Graduate Creative Writing Student Association. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe. Arizona. Fall 2005.

Blackboard/myASU Training I and II. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. Spring 2004.

Awards & Honors

Nominated for Best of the Net by the Collagist for "The Macho Man's Last Elbow Drop." October 2013

Finalist, 2013 Hudson Prize (Black Lawrence Press) for This Is How the Bone Sings.

Finalist, 2013 Levis Prize (Four Way Books) for This Is How the Bone Sings.

Finalist, 2013 Kundiman Prize (Alice James Books) for This Is How the Bone Sings.

Nominated for Best New Poets 2013 by Boxcar Poetry Review for "Chief Jay Strongbow Knows All About the Sleeper Hold." 2013.

Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Revolution House for "The Sheik Likes to Hurt People." 2012.

Nominated for Pushcart Prize by Sweet: A Literary Confection for "We Sleep Like Horses." 2012.

Nominated for Best of the Net by Baltimore Review for Reading Comprehension poems. October 2012.

Semi-Finalist, 2012 Antivenom Prize (Elixir Press) for This Is How the Bone Sings.

Finalist, 2012 Kundiman Prize (Alice James Books) for This Is How the Bone Sings.

Nominated for Best of the Net by Lantern Review for "Northwest Poem." October 2011.

Kundiman Fellowship, Kundiman Asian-American Poetry Retreat. Fordham University, New York. 15-19 June 2011, 19-23 June 2013.

Peter Taylor Fellowship, Kenyon Review 2007 Writers’ Workshop. Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio. 16-23 June 2007.

Honorable Mention, 2006 Katharine C. Turner Award of the Academy of American Poets. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. May 2006.

Philip R. Harding Spirit of Books Essay Award. Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. April 2006

First Place, 2006 Sonoran Prize in Fiction. Twelfth Annual Southwest Graduate English Symposium. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. March 2006.

Dean’s Graduate Scholar Award. Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, Tempe, Arizona. 2003-2004.

Quarterly Dean’s List. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 2002-2003.

Annual Dean’s List. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. 2002-2003.

Technical Proficiencies & Skills

Dreamweaver & Website Design
Photoshop and Freehand Graphic Design Software
Illustration, Layout, and Graphic Design
Blackboard Use and Maintenance

Other Employment

Freelance Designer & Illustrator (1993 to 2000)

Graphic Designer/Illustrator (1989 to 2000)
Golder Associates Inc. Redmond, Washington

References available upon request.

Last update: 30 August 2013