The College of

Arts and Sciences

 

M.F.A, Queen’s University of Charlotte, Creative Writing, Fiction, 2019

B.S., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Behavioral Psychology, 2016

 

Areas of Interest

• Fiction

• Flash Fiction

• Non-fiction

• Entomology

• STEAM Pedagogy

Recent Courses Taught

• ENGL 2513: Intro to Creative Writing

• ENGL 1113: Composition I

• ENGL 1213: Composition II

• ENTO 5730: Insects and Society Honor's Section

Selected Publications

Fiction

• “Exodus,” The Adroit, 2023

• “Hymenoptera,” Fourteens Hills, 2023

• “Mantodea,” Fourteen Hills, 2023

• “Silk,” (Forthcoming), DIAGRAM

• “Eaters of Men,” (Forthcoming), DIAGRAM

• “Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl, (Forthcoming), DIAGRAM

• “The Zipper, JMWW, 2022

• “Gossamer Girl,” Willow Springs, 2022

• “Ortolan,” The Cincinnati Review Micro-Series, 2021

• “Boil Me Alive,” Laurel Review, 2021

Non-fiction

• “Hole”, Elements of Creative Writing, (University of Northern Iowa OER Textbook), 2023

• “Bestiary of Birds I’ve Buried,” Carve, 2023

• “Hole,” The North American Review, 2022

• “Sunburn,” Lake Effect, 2021

Film-Options

• “Boy,” Lost Mountain Media, 2021

Academic

• Osborn, L., Hoback, W., Parkison, A., & Golick, D. (2023). Science Education through Creative Writing: A Case Study Using Entomology. NACTA Journal, 67(1). https://doi.org/10.56103/nactaj.v67i1.81

Selected Conference Presentations

• Presenter, “The Etymology of Entomology: Science Education Through Creative Writing,” presentation on innovative interdisciplinary pedagogy, Entomological Society of America (ESGA) joint north & southwest meeting, Oklahoma City, OK. (April 18, 2022)

• Presenter, “Entomology Education Through Creative Writing,” facilitated discussion/workshop, Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference, American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Arlington, VA. (November 4, 2022)

• Presenter, “Science Education Through Creative Writing”, presentation on innovative interdisciplinary pedagogy, North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) 68th Annual Conference, Wooster, OH. (June, 2022)

• Presenter, “Multimodality as a Gateway to Accessibility for Neurodiverse Students”, Panel on teaching diverse student populations, Red River Graduate Student Conference, North Dakota State University. (April, 2021)

Professional Appointments or Professional Service

• Frontier Mosaic, Oklahoma State University’s Undergraduate Literature Journal, Co-Advisor/EIC, (2023-2024)

• Quarterly West, Prose Editorial Assistant (2022-2023)

• Quarterly West, Screener for QW 2023 Chapbook Contest (2023)

• Quarterly West, Screener for QW 2022 Prose Contest (2022)

• F2C, Screener for the Sukenick & Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prizes (2021-2023)

• Cimarron Review, Oklahoma State University, Editorial Assistant, Fiction (2020-2023)

Awards and Recognition

• Marye Lynn Cummings Endowed Scholarship, First Place, Fiction – “Silk” (2023)

• Blue Frog’s Flash Fiction Contest Finalist, Judged by Aimee Bender – “Trendsetters” (2023)

• CutBank’s Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Fiction Contest Finalist – “Entomology of the Pin-Up Girl” (2023)

• Gloria Goldstein Howton Scholarship for Creative Writing (2016)