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COURSES TAUGHT
COURSES TAUGHT
University of Arkansas
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Composition I
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Composition II
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Creative Writing I
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Creative Writing II
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World Literature 1: Beginnings to 1650 CE
CONFERENCES
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“Renaming the Ancestral Body in Kama La Mackerel’s ZOM-FAM.” Practicing the Indian Ocean: Crossings, Memories, and Bodies, Université de La Réunion, Saint-Denis. 23 November 2022.
AWARDS
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Sturgis International Fellowship – 2022 - awarded by the Univ. of Arkansas for literary research in La Réunion
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Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) in Urdu – 2022 -onsite at American Institute of Indian Studies, Lucknow
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CD Wright/Academy of American Poets Prize for “Believe Me” – 2022 – selected by Gary Jackson
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Pushcart Prize Nomination in Poetry by Cream City Review for "Manifest My Throat as Tender" – 2022
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Key West Literary Seminar Emerging Writer Award - Semi-finalist for the Scotti Merrill Award in Poetry - 2022
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Pushcart Prize Nomination in Fiction by Northwest Review for "All the Loving."
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2021 Best of the Net Nomination by Funicular Magazine for "Dinner" - 2021
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Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) in Hindi - 2021
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Felix McKean Memorial Award for Poetry - selected by Tobias Wray - 2021
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Lily Peter Fellow at Univ. of Arkansas - selected by Sy Hoahwah - 2020-21
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Carolyn F. Walton Cole Fellow at Univ. of Arkansas - selected by Sarah Vap - 2020-21
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J. Chester and Freda S. Johnson Fellow at Univ. of Arkansas- faculty select - 2019-20