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Associate Professor (Lecturer), Honors College
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Professor (Lecturer), Honors College
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School Of Biological Sciences
Honors & Awards
- Finalist, novel competition for Cages.
Schaffner Press,
02/2016
- Short-listed in novel competition, novel Cages.
Santa Fe Writers Project,
02/2016
- Runner-up Short Story Contest, "Bread and Stone".
FISH Press,
09/2011
- Finalist, Short Story Contest, for "Bread and Stone".
Cutthroat Press,
10/2009
- Miguel Marmol Award, for first fiction by American of Latino descent.
Curbstone Press,
10/2005
- General (Adult Fiction) for "The Scorpion's Tail".
Book of the Year Award Finalist, INDIEFAB ,
09/2005
- Third place for "Experimenting with Birds".
River City Short Story Contest,
02/2004
- Finalist for Short Story, "Experimenting with Birds".
Jack Dyer Fiction Prize,
02/2004
- Fully-funded 6 week fellowship at Writers Residency in Brazil.
Sacatar Foundation,
09/2003
- Writers retreat.
Hedgebrook Writers Retreat,
09/2002
- First Place, Short Story Contest, for "January 1, 1994".
City Weekly,
04/2000
- Research Fellowship.
Sigma Xi,
02/1996
- NSF Predoctoral Fellowship.
National Science Foundation,
04/1995
Affiliations
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Mapping Meaning
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Co-director,
05/2012 - present
In the Media