Education
M.F.A., Fiction Writing, The Johns Hopkins University, 1980
Non-degree graduate work in English (30 hours), Indiana University, 1977-82
B.G.S., Humanities/Writing with High Distinction, Indiana University, 1977
Professional Experience
- Lecturer, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 2012—present
- Assistant Professor of Arts Management, Department of Performing Arts, American University, 2007-2012
- Senior Writer, Campus Accreditation Project, Indiana University, 2006-2007
- Coordinator of University Arts Initiatives and ArtsWeek, Indiana University, 2004-2006
- Research Associate, Mission Differentiation Project, Indiana University, 2004-2005
- Director of Retention Planning and Coordinator of Communications, Office of Institutional
- Development and Student Affairs, Indiana University, 2001-2005
- Coordinator for Academic Affairs, Indiana University, 1998-2001
- Director, Faculty Award Program and Intensive Freshman Seminars, Indiana University, 1997-1998
- Executive Director, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, 1995-1996
- Director, Ragdale Foundation artists’ residency program, 1989-1995
- Assistant to the Chancellor (Research Associate/Speechwriter), Indiana University, 1987-1989
- Visiting Assistant Professor, Program in Creative Writing, Department of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983-1986
- Administrative Assistant to the Vice President, Indiana University, 1980-1983
- Founder/Editor, Indiana Review, 1981-1982
- News Writer/Editor, The Bloomington Herald-Telephone, 1971-1978
Awards, Honors & Certifications
- Elected to Board of Directors, Association of Arts Administration Educators, 2010
- Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers, 1982-2000
- Arts Indiana Critical Writing Award, First Prize, 1988
- "Imagine Peace" Writing Contest, Second Prize, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1987
- PEN Reading at Library of Congress, 1986
- PEN Syndicated Fiction Prize, 1984, 1986
- Artful Dodge Fiction Prize, 1982
- Elliott Coleman Award in Fiction Writing, Johns Hopkins University, 1980
Professional Interests
Arts administration
Current Projects
- Board of Directors, Association of Arts Administration Educators, 2010-present
- Conference planning committee, Association of Arts Administration Educators, 2008-present
- Board of Directors, DC Advocates for the Arts, 2012
Selected Publications
- Action-Oriented Retention Research, with Ed St. John, 2006, New Directions in Institutional Research Press
- New Territory: Contemporary Indiana Fiction,Indiana University Press, with Deborah Galyan, 1990
- Petting Zoo, short story collection, in manuscript
- The New Nixon, chapbook, Matchbooks, 1990
- At War, chapbook, Matchbooks, 1989
- Can This Story Be Saved? chapbook, Story County Books, 1984
- The Landlocked Heart: Poems from Indiana, Indiana Writes Press; with F. Richard Thomas, 1979
