Currently:  Ph.D. candidate in English at University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Masters in Public Administration; concentration, Political Science. Jacksonville State University, 2003.

Bachelor of Science with double major in English & Criminal Justice, 1995.

Employment:

Thesis and Dissertation Editor, University of Louisiana at Lafayette (present position).
Ph.D. Assistantship position. (unique position) Edit for formatting, grammar, composition and content, Master's Thesis and Doctoral Dissertations from all disciplines.

Evening Coordinator, Academic Center for Excellence, Jacksonville State University, 2002-2003.
Directed up to 30 undergraduate tutors assisting students in all academic disciplines. Maintained Athletic studyhalls, administered testing, worked with hearing impaired and ESL students. Planned and implemented lesson plans, and taught various classes.

Online Editor, Ebsco Industries International, 1999-2001.
Edited international booksite; also had administrative input into Ebsco online, a prestigious international academic research database. Worked closely with C++, Visual Basic, Java, and PERL developers. Worked in Style Sheet and ASP formats.

Assistant Librarian, Jacksonville Public Library, 1997-1999. Typical library duties included the assistance of patrons in research, reference, and ILL searches. Also was responsible for the administration of the library's computer network, of around 45 work and public access PCs (Windows NT platform). Also catalogued and archived numerous historical documents, photographs, and other materials, for which the library serves as a repository.

Publishing and Awards:

First Prize, Virgin Scribes Writer's Contest, sponsored by Jacksonville State University, Spring 2003,
                    Ye Who Believe, Short Story, Anti-War.

Season of the Witch, Novel, Genre: Detective, Hard-boiled. Fictionworks, 2001.

Trenches, Short Story. Genre: Anti-war. Fiction; West Coast Literary Journal, 1999.

Exodus, Short Story. Genre: Anti-War, Experimental. West Coast Literary Journal,
            Writers Write, 1999, 2000.

The Poison Pen, Political Satire, Cartoon with limericks, Published in The Chanticleer,1994-95

Necromancy 101, Cartoon strip, Published in The Chanticleer, 1991-93