Teaching
Topics in Poetry: Study Group & Workshop Series
Learn about poetic themes and forms from exemplary works written by poets working in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. In person (Porto). Starting Fall 2026.
Beyond the Pastoral: Nature as Structure, Form, and Resistance
(Entrelinhas Retreats - Summer Program) Using the natural world as more than scenery and metaphor, participants will examine how ecological systems, from plant networks to animal habitats to cellular life, can become frameworks for writing about labor, power, and survival. Rairiz de Veiga, Spain. (Summer 2027)
Revision as Reclamation: A Self-Paced Course
(Entrelinhas Retreats - Spring Program) Writers are invited to approach revision
in ways that examine voice, form, structure, language, and audience in ways that honor their own artistic and cultural contexts. Online. (Spring 2027)
Our Personal Archives: Using Photos, Documents, and Memories as Sources of Inspiration.
(Entrelinhas Retreats - Spring Program) Writers will examine their own personal archives of photographs, documents, letters, recordings, or any other collection of personal importance, and use these to inform their creative practice, drawing on archival and documentary approaches in contemporary literature. Minde, Portugal (Spring 2027)
Awakening the Sensual Self.
A journaling and self-care workshop based on the work of Audre Lorde. Focused on each of the 5 senses. Porto, Portugal. Cozy Yoga. (November 2025)
Porto Writers' Workshop - Introductory Feedback Groups.
formerly Scribbles & Sips Monthly Workshops. An in-person feedback group with guided prompts and structured feedback time. (2023 - Present)
WriteFlow Monthly Workshops - Introductory Feedback Groups.
Online workshop group that meets monthly to give feedback on works-in-progress as well as generate new work. (2023 - 2024)
Poetry that Crosses Borders. ENGL 142-A.
An introductory course on the poetry of immigrant diasporas within the U.S.
Poetry in the Expanded Field: A Generative Workshop.
Other Words Literary Conference. (Fall 2019) St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. Taught in conjunction with Jacklyn Gion, Savannah Kater, Shelby Smotherman.
Talking and Writing about Difficult Topics.
Workshop for undergraduates at Stetson University (Spring 2019).