M.F.A. University of Iowa, 1988
M.A. English, University of Central Oklahoma, 1983
B.A. English Literature, University of Missouri, 1964
Professor of English, Macalester College, 2001-present
Associate Professor of English, Macalester College, 1995-2001
Assistant Professor of English, Macalester College, 1989-1995
Visiting Lecturer, English Department, Macalester College, 1988-89
Edlestein-Keller Minnesota Writer of Distinction, University of Minnesota, 1998 Spring Quarter
Artist-in-Residence, State Arts Council of Oklahoma, 1980-1986