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EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts/ Creative Writing, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2020 – 2023
Nadine B. Andreas Scholar
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Kathryn A. Cullen Scholarship Recipient
Mary Jane Young Scholarship Recipient
River Whale Review Poetry/Art Editor
Blue Earth Review Poetry Editor
Bachelor of Arts/Creative Writing, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2018 – 2020
College of Arts & Humanities Graduation Commencement Speaker
Kathryn A. Cullen Scholarship Recipient
Mary Jane Young Scholarship Recipient
Dean’s List
Bachelor of Fine Arts/Graphic Design, Minnesota State University, Mankato 2009 – 2013
No degree awarded
Dean’s List
MNSU Student AIGA Chapter President
Student Art League Member
LICENSING, CERTIFICATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Pre-K to Adult Minnesota Short Call Substitute Teaching License
Minnesota Professional Licensing and Standards Board
2020 – 2023
“Multimodal Literacies through the Linguistic Landscape in the L2 Classroom”
Continuing Education: 2021 University of Arizona CERCLL
TEACHING
ENG 242 Introduction to Creative Writing, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Adjunct Professor
In-person instruction, 2022 – Present
ENG 101 Foundations of Writing & Rhetoric, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Adjunct Professor
In-person/online instruction, 2020 – Present
ENG 344 Beginning Poetry Workshop, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Teaching Assistant, Advisor: Michael Torres
In-person instruction, Spring 2023
ENG 100 Maverick Success MavPass Section Instructor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Graduate Teaching Assistant
In-person instruction, 2021, 2024
Writing like a Reader: A Short Story Course, Arts Center of Saint Peter
In-person instruction, 2020
READINGS & PRESENTATIONS
Poetry Presentation: “Place and Purpose”
Southern Minnesota Poets Society, February 2023
Lecture: “Giving Grief Roots: Nature as Salvation in Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself”
The Lectern Series, August 2022
Poetry Reading: Selected Works
“Be an Emily Dickinson or Kathryn A. Cullen,” December 2021
Poetry Reading: “Our Seventh Sense is the Sea”
“The Word Rises” featuring The University Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Concert Choir
Elias J. Halling Recital Hall, Minnesota State University, Mankato, March 2020
Poetry Reading: Selected Works
“Don’t be an Emily Dickinson or Kathryn A. Cullen”
Arts Center of St. Peter, December 2019
Poetry Presentation: “Saints Among Us”
GSEA Spring Symposium
Minnesota State University, Mankato, April 2019
PUBLICATIONS & EDITING
“North Kato Magazine” Luxe Quarterlies, Head Editor
“Mankato Clinic Thrives Magazine” Luxe Quarterlies, Co-Editor
“Paper Ghosts: Voices from the River Bend” Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2023
“Mourner’s Field Guide to Grief-Inducing Natural Wonders” Funicular Magazine, Feb 2023
“Swarm” Plainsongs Poetry Magazine, Summer 2022
“According to the Study of Natural History” Milk Carton Press, Spring 2022
“Homesteaded” Pasque Petals, Spring 2021
“Lura Lake at Sunrise” Pasque Petals, Spring 2021
Notes from the Alley: collected poems of Kathryn A. Cullen, Dec 2020
“Quilting Lessons” Mankato Poetry Walk & Ride, Aug 2020
“Love Lesson on Highway 99” Mankato Poetry Walk & Ride, June 2020
“Inspiration Through Adaptation” Mankato Magazine, May 2020
“Hunger in the Holidays” River Valley Woman, Nov 2019
“Honey Creek” Mankato Poetry Walk & Ride, Sept 2019
“Cadenza” The Esthetic Apostle, Dec 2018
“The Magpie & the Vulture” CatheXis Northwest Press, Dec 2018
“The Big House” River Valley Woman, April 2017
HONORS & AWARDS
Nadine B. Andreas Graduate Teaching Assistant, Minnesota State University, Mankato 2022 – 2023
Grand Prize: Eide Bailly Resourcefullness Award Sept 2019
1st Place Fiction: We are Water Writing Contest April 2017
2nd Place: MNSU AIGA Design Show 2013
Best in Show: ACUI Steal this Idea 2013
People’s Choice Award: ACUI Steal this Idea 2013
Grant Recipient: Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council 2012
Honorable Mention: Farmamerica Treasures of the Land Exhibit 2012
Honorable Mention: MNSU AIGA DefineDesign Juried Exhibit 2012
Honorable Mention: The 410 Project “Photos on Front” Exhibit 2012
Honorable Mention: AHRT Inspiration Show 2012
Honorable Mention: ACUI Design Competition 2011
1st Place: MNSU President’s Holiday Card Competition 2010
ORGANIZATIONS
The Lectern Series
FOCP BackPack Food Program
League of Minnesota Poets
Poetry Society of America
Wine and Words Book Club
Minnesota Mycological Society
Mankato Sports Commission
Twin Rivers Council for the Arts
Mankato Area Derby Girls