EDUCATION
Wilkes University, Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Wilkes
Barre, PA
MFA. 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
MA in Writing, Fiction, 2018
Thesis: Speak No Evil, A Novel, Dr. Robert Mooney, Advisor
Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga, TN
B.A. in Psychology
POST SECONDARY TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Ingram State Technical College
Adult Basic Education Instructor
(GED), September 2023-present
University of West Alabama,
Adjunct English Instructor
(Composition), August 2019-2020
Face to Face and Distance
Wilkes University, Maslow Family Graduate Program in
Creative Writing
Creative Writing MFA Teaching
Demonstration, January 2019
North Central Theological Seminary
Faculty, 2011-2022 (English Bible and
biblical studies, thesis and
dissertation reader)
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL POSITIONS
Dallas County High School, Plantersville, AL
Teacher (English Language
Arts, 11th an 12th Grades), Present
Greensboro High School, Greensboro, AL
Teacher (English Language
Arts, 10th Grade)
Jefferson Davis High School, Montgomery, AL
Teacher (English Language
Arts, 9th Grade),
Face to Face and Remote
Gethsemane Academy, Marion, VA
Teacher (High School Government, Religion,
and Composition)
COURSES TAUGHT
English,
grades 9 and 10, literature and composition
English,
grades 11 an 12, American and British literature
English
099, Remedial College English
English
102, College Composition, Introduction to Literature
Creative
Writing
English
Bible courses
Journalism
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UNPUBLISHED WORKS
Unpublished Novels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
York
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
ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL
EXPERIENCES
Mount Mary College
Graduate School, Milwaukee, WI
Incomplete M.S., 18 semester hours toward M.S. in
Community Counseling
Pensacola
Christian College Graduate School, Pensacola, FL
PhD in Biblical Studies
Dissertation: The Articulation of the Mind and
Thinking in the Epistle to the
Romans.
Temple Seminary, Chattanooga, TN
MRE
(Master of Religious Education) in School Administration
MABS (Master of Arts in Biblical Studies)
ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCES
Self-employed
Proprietor of AML Bookstore, 2010-22
Educational and Ministerial
Church ministries and leadership; substance abuse counseling; school
administration in early childhood, elementary and secondary
education, and administration in residential substance abuse program,
1989-2011.
