"Green Health: Balancing With Nature" E/The Environmental Magazine. January/February 2008.
"Go Green: Light in the Black Forest: Freiburg, Germany Embraces the Sun" E/The Environmental Magazine. September/October 2007.
"Turkish Delights" Veg News. Essay. May/June 2007.
"Germany Goes Green" German Life. Essay. March/April 2007.
European Correspondent. Eco-Chic/k. 2007-2008.
Regular Green Blog Contributor. Shop Green. 2007.
Staff Writer - Music. Pop Matters. 2007.
"VegGermany" Veg News. Essay. May/June 2006.
"Tousand Baht" Word Riot. Short Fiction. March 2006.
"New Food Review: German Chimichangas" McSweeneys.net. March 2006.
"Imported Breads: Literature of Cultural Exchange" Rain Taxi. Book Review. Winter 2004.
"Clowning Around With Classical Music" Photos. Deutsche Welle. January 12, 2009.
"Media Focus on Mumbai Serves Terrorists' Interests, Says Author" Interview with Kiran Nagarkar. Deutsche Welle. November 28, 2008.
"European Governments Asked to Help US Close Guantanamo." Deutsche Welle. November 11, 2008.
"Kurdish Exiles in Germany Feel Pain of Protracted War at Home." Deutsche Welle. July 29, 2008.
"Media Used to Incite Genocide Can Also Bring Peace, Forum Told." Deutsche Welle. June 4, 2008.
"Leipzig Celebrates Long Literary History" Deutsche Welle. Translation/Adaptation. March 13, 2008.
North American History and Geography (Landeskund). Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn.
Advanced Essay Writing. Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn.
Advanced Language Practice. Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn.
Advanced Discussion. Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitaet Bonn.
Essay Writing 1 (exam-preparation for 1st year BA students). Universitaet Koeln.
TOEFL Exam Preparation. Volkshochschule Koeln.
Introduction to Fiction Writing.The Pennsylvania State University.
Introduction to Creative Writing. The Pennsylvania State University.
Rhetoric and Composition.The Pennsylvania State University.
MFA Reading Series. State College, PA. March 2004.
Women in The Arts. State College, PA. October 2003.
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Grant. Bonn, Germany. 2005-2006.
Best New American Voices. Fiction nomination. 2005.
Conferences
Media in Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention. DW Global Media Forum. Bonn, Germany. June 2008.
Bucher Befluegeln. (Literature and Development). Participant. Isserlohn, Germany. April 2008.
Association of Writing Programs Annual Conference. New York, NY. February 2008.
Breadloaf Writer's Conference. Fiction contributor, Middlebury, VT. August 2007.
Association of Writing Programs Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2004.
Grub Street Writers' The Muse and the Marketplace. Boston, MA. May 2002.
Grub Street Writers' Advanced Fiction Workshop, Boston, MA. 2001 - 2002.
The University of Bonn (Rheinisch Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet), Bonn, Germany
2005-2006 Fulbright Student/Auditor, English Language and Literature.
The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA
2003-2005 Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing (Fiction); degree awarded 2006.
Grub Street Writers' Workshop, Boston, MA USA
Winter 2001-02. Advanced Fiction Participant.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI USA
1995-1999 Bachelor of Arts, English.
