I find it to be an incredible blessing having the opportunity to assist others in pursuing their goals and aspirations. The elevation of those around you creates a better world and a more fruitful society in a way that a lone individual could not. ºÚÁÏ¿Æ provides an environment in which people truly support one another and serve others consistently as a form of worship and community.

Approaching writing as a series of ongoing discoveries, one of my favorite quotes is, “No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader” (Robert Frost).  Since coming to Houghton in 2000, I have taught Writing in the Liberal Arts, Literary Non-Fiction, Narrative and Personal Essay, Writing about Spiritual Experience, and special topics courses such as Feature and Opinion Writing.

As the Director of the Writing Center, I train and oversee the Writing Center student consultants, have hosted the Penn-York ºÚÁÏ¿Æ Research Conference as well as a regional writing center research conference, and serve as the liaison to area high schools offering dual high school- and college-credit literature and writing courses.  I  have a three-year grant that allows me to work on multiple independent studies with students who travel with me and present their work at the National ºÚÁÏ¿Æ Research Conference.

My publications include biographical entries on Maya Angelou, Henri M. Nouwen, and Richard J. Foster, which have been published in The Encyclopedia of Women’s Autobiography and The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, respectively.  Additionally, I write feature articles for The Cuba Patriot, a regional newspaper, covering places and news such as The Farmers’ Market, Addie’s Ice Cream, The Csehy Summer School of Music, and Wellspring Ministries.

I enjoy baking, walking, swimming, photography, reading and writing poetry, and wordplay.  My family and I reside in Caneadea, NY, at Rushford Lake.