Recent Credits

Presentations and Readings

  • “’Where I’m From’: Sharing the Creative Power,” presentation for “Our Turn” faculty development at Radford University, May 2024
  • “Where the Roots Wind Around the Heart: Two Contemporary Voices in Appalachian Women’s Poetry,” reading with Annie Woodford, March 2024
  • “From the Roots Up: Teaching Appalachian Studies in 2024,” co-presenter for learning session at Alpha Delta Kappa State Convention, March 2024
  • “A New Summer: Reviving Appalachian Studies at Radford University,” convener, panel at the Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2024
  • “A Summer Revival: Signs of Life at the Highland Summer Conference,” presentation for Appalachian Studies Association Conference, March 2024
  • “Literary Communities: From Hindman to Radford (And All Points In-Between),” presentation for Winter Burrow: Literary & Arts Conference, December 2023
  • “From the Roots Up: Teaching Appalachian Studies in 2023,” co-presenter for Alpha Delta Kappa Founders Day, October 2023
  • Guest Reader for Wythe Arts Council gathering, April 2023
  • “Sisterhood Through Poetry,” reading with Angela Vaughan Clevinger, Women’s History Month at Radford University, March 2023
  • “Inquiry,” online reading and discussion with the Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective, Stockbridge Library, 2023
  • Featured Reader with Caren Stuart, “Virginia Voices” series, Poetry Society of Virginia, Spring 2023
  • “The Refuge of Witnessing,” online reading and discussion with the Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective, Stockbridge Library, 2022
  • “Putting the ‘Person’ in the Personal Essay” and “Writing Poetry,” workshops for the Virginia Governor’s School, Radford University, June-July 2022
  • Poetry reading, Spalding University Alumni Celebration, May 2022
  • “Online Poetry: The Virginia Women’s Poetry Collective,” reading for the  Stockbridge Library Online Poetry Series, May 2022
  • Featured reader, National Poetry Month, Pulaski County Library, April 2022
  • Poetry reading, The June Bug Center, April 2022
  • Poetry workshop for National Poetry Month at Pulaski County Library, April 2022
  • “Writing Across the Valleys: Sharing Creative Community Across Distance,” convener and presenter, Appalachian Studies Conference, March 2022
  • “Writing Women: Poetry by April J. Asbury and Angela Dribben,” reading at Radford University, March 2022
  • Poetry Pop-Up at the Taubman Museum of Art, March 2022
  • Featured Reader for “Virtual Poetry Reading & Open Mic,” Poetry Society of Virginia, Sept. 2021
  • Guest presenter for “Sharing Identities and Building Relationships,” featuring George Ella Lyon and the National Writing Project, Sept. 2021
  • Guest Speaker at Highland Summer Conference at Radford University, July 2017
  • Speaker and chair for “Advocating Appalachia,” featuring guest Jeff Mann, NCTE 2016
  • Featured author, Highland Summer Conference at Radford University, June 2016
  • Speaker for “Creative Connections,” featuring George Ella Lyon, NCTE 2014
  • “From Song Paths to Pit Crews: The Power of Research in the Writing of Sharyn McCrumb,” Appalachian Studies Conference, 2013
  • New River Valley Voices Juried Reading, November 2012
  • Featured Speaker, Poetry and Spoken Word Night, Barnes & Noble, 2012