DEGREES

• Ph.D. English and Creative Writing, Texas Tech University (2015)
• M.F.A. Creative Writing, Syracuse University (2010)
• B.A. Creative Writing, University of California, Riverside (2007)

RESEARCH AREAS

• 20th-21st century American poetry
• Poetry writing
• Asian American literature

COURSES (Writing)

• WRT 17500: Introduction to Creative Writing
• WRT 23800: Poetry Writing I
• WRT 33800: Poetry Writing II
• WRT 36500: Poetics
• WRT 41500: Senior Seminar: Post-modern Literature
• WRT 41500: Senior Seminar: The Poetics of Witness

COURSES (English)

• ENG 11300: Introduction to Poetry
• ENG 19414: Introduction to Asian American Literature
• ENG 38900: Poetry Mash-Up: The Contemporary Lyric and Poetic Tradition

COURSES (First-year seminar)

• ICSM 10800: Homesick: Finding Home in Multi-Ethnic American Literature 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Sky Country (BOA Editions, 2017)
• Birds of Paradise (Lynx House Press, 2011)