EDUCATION
Wilkes University, Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Wilkes Barre, PA
M.F.A. in Creative Writing, 2019
Literary Analysis: “Setting as Character in Southern Fiction Since Faulkner,” Dr. Robert Mooney, Advisor
Wilkes University, Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Wilkes Barre, PA
M.A. in Creative Writing, Fiction, 2018
Thesis: Speak No Evil, A Novel, Dr. Robert Mooney, Advisor
Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga, TN
B.A. in Psychology
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCES
University of West Alabama
Adjunct Instructor, English (Composition), August 2019 to present
Wilkes University, Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing
Creative Writing MFA Teaching Demonstration, January 2019
North Central
Faculty, 2011 to 2019
Gethsemane Christian Academy
Teacher and Principal, 1984-1986
PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Etruscan Press, Intern, Spring 2019
AWARDS
2018 Winner of the Beverly Hiscox Scholarship for Excellence in Writing.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Alabama Writers’ Cooperative (AWC)
Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Unpublished Novels
Working Title: Tell Me a Story: The Story of Roger and Barbie
Working Title: Honor and Awe: A Journey to Crestview
Working Title: Third Age Conspiracy
Work Currently being Reviewed by Agents
See No Evil, A Chelsea Jones Story
Current Writing Project
Hear No Evil, A Chelsea Jones Story
BLOGS
Rodswords, http://www.rodswords.com/
PRESENTATIONS AND
WORKSHOPS
Workshops
in the Administration of Early Childhood Education, 2008-2011
Lecture
series at Puerto Rico Bible College on Philosophy of Religious Education, 1999
Mount Mary College Graduate School, Milwaukee, WI
Incomplete M.S., 18 semester hours toward M.S. in
Community Counseling
Ph.D. in Biblical Studies
Dissertation: The Articulation of the Mind and
Thinking in the Epistle to the
Romans.
Romans.
M.R.E.
(Master of Religious Education) in School Administration
M.A.B.S. (Master of Arts in Biblical Studies)
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES
Self-employed
Proprietor of AML Bookstore, 2010-present
Milwaukee Rescue Mission,
Milwaukee, WI
LifeSkills
Assistant Supervisor, 2003 to 2006
First Baptist Church of
Fosterburg, Bethalto, IL
Senior Pastor, 13 years