Education

Xavier University – Bachelor of Arts (May, 1997)

Major, English; Minor, Secondary Education. Dean's List: Fall, 1993; Spring, 1995; Summer, 1996; Fall, 1996. Student Teaching Assignment:Jacobs Center – Spring, 1997.

Middlebury College – Master of Arts (August, 2003)

Summer Graduate Program: The Bread Loaf School of English

Summer, 2000: received an Ohio Rise Fellowship, $5,000 from the State of Ohio, attended Vermont campus – GPA: 4.0. Summer, 2001: Ohio Rise Fellowship, attended Alaska campus – GPA: 4.0. Summer, 2002: Ohio Rise Fellowship, attended New Mexico campus – GPA: 4.0. Summer, 2003: took a double course load at the Oxford, England campus – GPA: 3.925 (Cumulative GPA – 3.97).