Education:                  Ph.D., English, University of Missouri, Expected:2010
                                    MFA, Creative Writing, Goddard College
                                    AD, Journalism, Red River College
                                    BA, Sociology, University of Winnipeg

 
Citizenship:                 Canadian
Residence:                  USA, Permanent Resident Status

Dissertation In Progress:   The Eight Leaves

Dissertation is a creative nonfiction, belles-lettres, manuscript with a critical/theoretical introduction exploring narratology, mimesis and expressions of the ineffable. Dissertation director: Ms Maureen Stanton.

Publications:                                 

Books – Novels:

The Obituaries. Lake Forest, California: Behler Publications, 2005.

The Jenny Muck. Houston, Texas: Panther Creek Press, 2001.

Essays [creative nonfiction]:

“Twain,” O Tempora Magazine. Nick McRae, ed. Georgia. http://otemporamagazine.blogspot.com/ June 2008.  

“Dead Me Scrolls,” Life Writing Connection. Olivia Dresher, ed. Washington. http://fraglit.com/lwc/archives/42 March 2008.  

“Tir na Nog,” Halfway Down The Stairs, Stacy Brazalovich, ed. Michigan. http://www.halfwaydownthestairs.net/index.php?action=view&id=81 March 2008. 

“Confession: Lacunae” Copper-Nickel: A Journal of Art and Literature, No 9. Jake Adam York, ed. University of Colorado at Denver: Denver. March 2008.  

“In Media Res,” (a review) Impassioned. Olivia Dresher, ed. Washington http://www.fraglit.com/impassioned/reviews/reviews-fs.htm March 2008.

“Zugunruhe” Relief. Vol. 1, No. 1. Kimberly Culbertson, ed. Michigan. October 2006.  

“The Alphabet of Grace” Rock and Sling. Vol. 2, No. 2. Susan Cowager, ed. Washington. February 2006. 

“Thin Place” Catapult Magazine. Vol. 5, No. 9. Kirstin Vander Giessen-Reitsma, ed. http://www.catapultmagazine.com/ May 2006. 

“This Must Be The Place” Catapult Magazine. Volume 4, Number 10, June 2005. 

“Open Heart” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 22, January 2005. 

“Failure and Hope” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 11, May 2004. 

“Inevitable” Catapult Magazine. Volume 3, Number 10, May 2004. 

“Mountains: The Substance of Things Hoped For” Calgary This Winter. Heather Nelson, ed. 1996.

Short Stories:

“Rumgumption” Catapult Magazine. Volume 4, Number 12, June 2005. 

“Miss Firefly Deserves An Answer” Zygote. Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1995. 

“Leaves of the Abyss” Dateline Arts: Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1989. 

“Stain” in Grain, Regina, Saskatchewan, 1988.

Plays:

“Kate & The Writer” staged, Theatre Southwest, Houston, April 2006.

“Breadcrumbs and Table Legs” at the Manitoba Association of Community Theatre’s One-Act Play Festival, University of Brandon, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 1995. 

Poetry:

“Levaya” TimeSlice: Houston Poetry 2005. Carolyn Tourney Florek, ed. Houston: Mutabulis Press, 2005.

“Levaya” and “Succor” The Clockhouse Review. Tim Kenyon, ed. Plainfield: Clockhouse Press, 2004.

“Cigarettes and Altoids,” “Ice Story” and “Sweetness” at Nieve Roja, Colorado. State University. http://nieveroja.colostate.edu/issue7/connolly.html 2001.

“Long Slow Burn” Sanscrit. University of Calgary: Calgary, Alberta. 1997.

“The Pole of Relative Inaccessibility” Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Radio, Alberta Anthology, national broadcast, 1991.

“Blue Note Table Napkin Sex” (set of four poems) Rampike, Toronto, Ontario, 1989.

“The Beginning of the End of You and Me” Cunningham’s Grocery, University of Winnipeg: Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1984.                


Works in Progress:

Kingdom of Snow, a novel [currently being read by publishers]

Hurricane Rothko, a novel

Awkward Instruments, poetry


Conference Presentations:

“Divine Poetics: Meister Eckhart, Cloud of Unknowing author, Simone Weil and the Language of Mystical Union,” presentation via Second Life at “Alternative Expressions of the Numinous,” University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, August 2008.

“Left Meets Right: The Art of Creative Writing," presentation at the American Agriculture Editor Association Ag Media Summitt, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 2006.

Committees:

Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas: 
    Campus-wide Student Evaluation (2004-2005) 
    Maritime Systems Engineering Accreditation (2005-2006)

Academic Honors and Distinctions: 

The Elizabeth T. Barnes Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Missouri, $700, co-winner 2008.

Founder and Inaugural Editor. Pitkin in Progress Literary journal for Goddard College Master of Fine Arts students. Goddard College, Plainfield, Vermont. 2000. [journal now entitled Pitkin Review] 

Teaching Experience:

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Teaching Assistant (09/2007-present)
English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation
English 1320: American Literature
English 1520: Introduction to Fiction Writing
English 1510: Introduction to Nonfiction Writing

University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
Faculty Resident Instructor (01/2006-05/2007)
English 1000: Exposition and Argumentation 

Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
Faculty Lecturer (2004-2006)
English 104: Rhetoric and Composition
English 301: Technical Writing

University of Houston/Downtown, Houston, Texas
Adjunct Instructor (2002-2004)
English 1300: Developmental English
English 1301: Composition I
English 1302: Composition II
English 2312: Survey of American Literature 1864-Present
English 3302: Business and Technical Report Writing
English 3305: Essay Writing
English 3312: Studies in Fiction

Lone Star College (formerly Montgomery College), Conroe, Texas
Adjunct Instructor (2002-2003)
English 1301: Composition I
English 2311: Technical Communication

 
Non-Academic Experience:
 
Vice-President Editor, CountryWatch, www.countrywatch.com, Houston, TX, 1999-2000.
Broadcaster/Producer, Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC Radio/Television), Calgary, Alberta, 1994-1997.
Editor, The Airdrie Echo, Airdrie, Alberta, 1990-1994.