I am a Lecturer in poetry and creative writing at the University of Washington Tacoma. My research investigates human relationship to place and environment, and how this is expressed through the evolution of our environmental imagination. I am a multi-genre writer, working in both poetry and creative non-fiction. These works explore and challenge form as a way to invigorate the senses, drive the imagination and explore rhetoric through expression. I teach courses focused on introductory and advanced poetry, environmental composition and rhetoric, creative non-fiction writing and creative writing.