Awards and Distinctions

Representative Literary Awards and Honors:

• “Climbing the Tower” (poem) – Pushcart prize nominee, 2011
• Alchemy of Words – Small Press Award for Best book, 2009
• L(ie)fe Boat – 1st Place chapbook contest:  Blue Stone Press, 1990
• East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame – poetry inductee, 2010

 

General:

• Selected as member/scholar for Oxford Round Table, University of Oxford, England, 2011 and 2009
• Elected East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame, 2010
• NISOD National Award for Outstanding Teacher, University of TX, 2009

 

Pellissippi State Community College:

• Innovation Award, 2015
• Outstanding Faculty, 2012
• Excellence in Teaching, 2011
• Student Choice Teacher Award, 2004 – 2011

 

Professional Memberships:

• Modern Language Association
• Southeastern Modern Language Association
• Two-Year College Association of Teachers of English