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, 11^th an 12^th Grades), Present

 Greensboro High School, Greensboro, AL

                Teacher (English Language Arts, 10^th Grade)

 Jefferson Davis High School, Montgomery, AL

                Teacher (English Language Arts, 9^th 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UNPUBLISHED WORKS

Unpublished Novels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.