PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
"On Gardens and Guardians and Nurturing Growth," March 2024 Here "On Mothers and Meals," February 2024 Here "On the Paths we Choose," January 2024 Here "On A Curious Spirituality," December 2023 Here "On a Perfect Pile of Puppies," November 2023 Here "On the Feel of Fall Mornings Both Present and Past," October 2023 Here "On Seaglass; Another Way of Knowing the World," September 2023 Here "It All Started with a Tree," August 2023 Here "On Flights," July 2023 Here "Finer that Frog's Hair and Other Bits of Nonsense and Joy," June 2023 Here "On Radical Domesticity," May 2023 Here "On A New Economy of Care," April 2023 Here Faculty Appreciation Award, Brigham Young University Athletic Department, March 2023 "On Snow in Spring and Simple Things," March 2023 Here "On Breaking the Ceiling when we can't Find the Room," The Female Creative, Summer 2023 "On Roots and Rivers," February 2023 Here "On Slow Seasons and Snow Angels," January 2023 Here "On How We Learn the Dance," December 2022 Here "On the Ferocious Junglefowl Which We Call the Humble Chicken," November 2022 Here "Reflections on Salads and Soups," October 2022 Here "On Comings and Goings," September 2022 Here "Midnight Revelries and Other Ways We Break the Silence," Aug 2022 Here "On Potlucks and Picnics and the Poetry of Food," July 2022 Here "On What We Learn From Trees," June 2022 Here "On Wonder," May 2022 Here "On the Opening of Doors," April 2022 Here "The Goldfish," March 2022 Here "Redrock, Rivers, and Ravines," February 2022 Here "Conversations on a City Bus," January 2022 Here "On Excuses from my Students," December 2021 Here "How to Crochet a Coral Reef," November 2021 Here "On the Gum Stuck to the Bottom of my Shoe," October 2021 Here "On An Abundance of Tomatoes," September 2021 Here "On Desks," Big Ocean Journal, August 2021 Here "Lessons From A 1960's Folksong," Big Ocean Journal, July 2021 Here "A Tale of Two Stories," Big Ocean Journal, June 2021Here "On Getting Lost: Learning to Nurture the Small and Tender Things," Big Ocean Journal, May 2021 Here "On Walking in the Rain," Big Ocean Journal, April 2021 Here "On Memories, Stories, and Ghosts,: Big Ocean Journal, March 2021 Here "A Meditation on Shadows and Light," Big Ocean Journal, February 2021 Here "On Not Following the Map," Big Ocean Journal, January 2021 Here "On Teams and tribes," Big Ocean Journal, November 2020 Here "A Note On Loss," Big Ocean Journal, October 2020 Here "On Looking at the Sky," Big Ocean Journal, September 2020 Here "On Pebbles and Pockets and Things Lost in a Drawer," Big Ocean Journal, August 2020 Here "Lessons For My Children on the Art of Good Citizenship," Big Ocean Journal, July 2020 Here "On Being a Boy Mom," Big Ocean Journal, June 2020 Here "Notes on Becoming," Song of My Self Isolation Poetry Project, May 2020 Here "On Stardust," Big Ocean Journal, May 2020 Here "Meet Aleisha," April 2020, Here "On One Small Corner," Big Ocean Journal, April 2020 Here "On Climbing Mountains," Big Ocean Journal, March 2020 Here "Building Community and Achieving Vision; An Interview with Leslie Grossman of George Washington University Women's Leadership Center," March 2020 Here "Pinned/Unpinned," Big Ocean Journal, February 2020 Here "Blanket Stories," Big Ocean Journal, January 2020 Here "On Abundance," Big Ocean Journal, December 2019 Here "On Autumn Days," Big Ocean Journal, November 2019 Here "How to Make A Meal; A Meditation on the U.N. Civil Society Conference in Salt Lake City, Big Ocean Journal, September 2019 Here "On Backpacks and First Days," August 2019 Here "A Prayer," Big Ocean Journal, July 2019 Here "On Listening," Big Ocean Journal, June 2019 Here "A Thousand Points of Light," Big Ocean Journal, April 2019 English Faculty Teaching Award, Brigham Young University, 2019 Here "The Photograph," Big Ocean Journal, Winter 2019 Here "On Cultivation and Creativity," Big Ocean Journal, Fall 2018 Here "A Single Snowflake," Big Ocean Journal, Fall 2018 "On Sanddollars and Seastars," Big Ocean Journal, Fall 2018 "On Motherhood," Big Ocean, Spring 2018 "Ninety Days," Inscape: A Journal of Literature and Art, Spring 2018 Here "Days for Girls," Big Ocean, Winter 2018 "The Power of a Family," Big Ocean, Winter 2018 "Three Mother Hens," Big Ocean, Fall 2017 "Liturgy," Award Winner, Inscape: A Journal of Literature and Art, Winter 2017 Here "Mauve," From Chromaticity: A Cycle in Shades, Published in Inscape: A Journal of Literature and Art, Winter 2017 Here "Liturgy," Published in Inscape: A Journal of Literature and Art, Winter 2017 Academy of American Poets, poets.org, "Blue #1 from Chromaticity: A Cycle in Shades," 2016 David O. McKay Essay Contest 3rd Place winner, "Baked," 2016 Hart-Larson poetry Award 1st Place Poetry, "Plexus #29," 2016 Elsie C. Carroll Essay Contest 1st Place Essay, "Played," 2016 Vera Hinckley Mayhew Creative Arts Award 1st Place Essay, "Performed," 2016 Academy of American Poets Poetry Prize winner, "Chromaticity: A Cycle in Shades," 2016 Here "Blue no. 17," from Chromaticity: A Cycle in Shades, Published in Inscape: A Journal of Literature and Art, Spring 2015 Here David O. McKay Essay Contest 2nd Place winner,"Reclaimed," 2015 Ann Doty Fiction Contest Winner, Rain," 2015 Elsie C. Carroll Essay Contest Award Winner, "Handfast," 2015 Ed M. and Minnie Berry Rowe Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2015 Locutorium 1st Place Winner, Locutorium: A Journal of Conversations About Writing. "Assaying the Essay: Creating an Argument by Incorporating Personal Essay into Persuasive Writing and the FYW Course," 2014 Here |
READINGS, PERFORMANCES, PRESENTATIONS, & PODCASTS
"The Essay as Self; Telling Our Stories and Reaching Our Audience," High School Writing Club/ACT Bootcamp, Dallas, Texas, January 2024 "Words for Water: On Reservoirs, Rivers, and Residences. A project modeling collaborative futures between science, the arts, and the Environment." ASLE conference arts advocacy project, July 2023. "Negotiating with the Old World: On Fairy Tale, Myth, and Fable. How to Fracture a Fairy Tale. YANCON, Young Adult Novel Conference, May 2023 "Words for Water: Dancing the Stories of our Home Waters." Collaborative Artistic Work, Creative Director, Co-Chair, Faculty Advisor to Writers, Creative Director, April 2023 "On Digging into New Environments: Building the Community Garden," April 2023 "Education, Family, and Community," Collaborative side panel at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, March 2023 "On the Importance of Creativity," Daily Universe Interview, November 2022 Here "Plot Twists and Emotional Growth," YANCON—Young Adult Novel Conference, Brigham Young University, May 2022 "McCall and Celine," Superwomen, spoken word and dance performance, narrative collaborator, Rose Wagner Theatre, March 2022 "Finding the Form in Your Creative NonFiction," Presentation to Editorial Board, Inscape; A Journal of Literature and Art, September 2021 "The Personal Essay as Connection; Using the explorative nature of essay to create community," Presentation to Big Ocean Women communication and editorial board, October 2021 "Finding Your Creative Voice," Measuring Success Right Podcast, August 2021 Here "Researching Characters Outside Your Experience," YANCON, Young Adult Novel Conference, July 2021 "Macy and McCall," spoken word and dance performance, narrative collaborator, Redrocks Dance Festival, June 2021 "Life is the Point," I Totally Relate Podcast, May 2021 Here "Insatiably Curious," I Totally Relate Podcast, April 2021 Here "Creativity and Connection," Brigham Young University Women's Conference, April 2021 "Rummaging Through Our Attics: Using Grief, Trauma, and Personal Experience to Enrich the Literary Effort," LDSPMA Conference, September 2020 "Harry Potter and the Literary Cultural Touchstones that Connect Us," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. July 31, 2020 Here "Write about It: How to Communicate Through Times of Trauma," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. May 3, 2020 Here "Creativity and Communication in Times of Crisis," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. April 6, 2020 Here "Recognizing the Spaces of Creativity," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. March 6, 2020 Here "The Power and Art of the Essay," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. January 13, 2020. Here "Writing your story," The Lisa Show, BYUradio, Provo, Utah. August 6, 2019. Here "On Research and Writing in NonFiction," YANCON writing conference, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. July 11, 2019 "On the Importance of Visual Rhetoric in the Classroom," Brigham Young University Spring Modules for Writing Across the Curriculum, Provo, Ut. June 2019. "On Women: Voices Heard and Unheard," UN Project, 63rd Commission on the Status of Women, New York, NY. March 19, 2019 Selected Poetry, Inscape Winners Panel, Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 24, 2017 "Essay Genome Project" 2017 Digital Humanities Symposium 2017, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 10, 2017 "Chromaticity: A Cycle in Shades" Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 18, 2016 "Performed" Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 18, 2016 "Baked" Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 18, 2016 Essay Genome Project, NonfictioNow Conference, Flagstaff Arizona. Poster Presentation. October 28, 2015 "Staged" Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 27, 2015 "Reclaimed" Brigham Young University Reading Series. Provo, UT. November, 2015 "In the Passenger Seat" Brigham Young University English Symposium. Provo, UT. March 28, 2014 |