This website is a place for me to showcase publications and projects both individual and collaborative, keep a digital copy of my CV, and slowly practice my quickly-rusting web-development skills.
About Me
Publications (highlights)
My writing has appeared in a number of publications. I have also
published two chapbooks with
Shirt Pocket Press.
Here is a list of works that can be found online:
- "Peripateticism in Robert Walser", 3:am Magazine, 2014
- "An Issue of Blood", American Short Fiction Camera Flash Contest, 2013
- "On Robert Walser's Peripateticism", Necessary Fiction, 2011
- "The Children's Crud: Chapter 1", Fact-Simile Editions, 2010
- "A Determination of Parts (Excerpts), Mississippi Review Online / New World Writing / Blip Magazine, 2008
- "Three Memoranda", the 2nd hand, 2005
- From the Bottommost Town Musician, New Leaf Press, 1998
Projects
Blog
This blog (titled "Blog") is a collection and continuation of the two blogs I wrote between 2005 and ~2020. If you browse the tags, you can filter for each of the previous blogs and/or also by subject. If subscribing is your thing, copy the URL from this link and paste it into your favorite RSS reader (I use feedly).
Be aware: The blog is probably easier to read in dark mode!
My Compost
Between 01 AUG 2013 and 31 DEC 2014, I took a picture of my compost every day and posted it to a tumblr. Here's a link.
The Memo
(coming sometime)
CV
Skills
- Office Software: Confluence | Jira | Paligo | KnowledgeOwl | LaTeX | MS Office | Google Workspace
- Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop | Adobe InDesign | GIMP | Scribus | Excalidraw
- Web Development: React | Next.js | JavaScript | HTML | CSS | MongoDB Atlas | Shell | VSCode | Git | Jira
- Languages: Native: English | Fluent: German | Beginner: French
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy in English with a focus in Creative Writing — 2012
- The University of Denver: Denver, Colorado, USA
- Dissertation Title: Cubicle Deathmatch
- Master of Fine Arts in Writing — 2002
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Thesis Title: A Determination of Parts
- Bachelor of Arts in English and German — 1996
- Doane College: Crete, Nebraska, USA
Work Experience
- Technical Documentation Specialist — December 2024 - present
- Wiferion/PULS, GmbH
- Create customer-facing documentation for Wiferion inductive charging systems.
- Maintain and improve house style and branding guidelines for both online articles and PDFs.
- Work closely with engineers to provide correct technical details.
- Technical Writer — 15 January 2024 - 08 July 2024
- ZONTAL, GmbH
- Created customer-facing and API documentation for the ZONTAL platform using both Confluence and KnowledgeOwl.
- Maintained and improved house style and branding guidelines for both online articles and PDFs using HTML and CSS.
- Gained valuable experience in creating qualification documentation in a validated environment.
- Trainee Web Development — 24 July - 16 October 2023
- Neue Fische - School and Pool for Digital Talent: Remote
- 540 hours of programming practice with four-week, team-based development project as journeyman's piece.
- Senior Technical Writer — 2022
- thingsTHINKING: Karlsruhe, Germany
- Created technical documentation and wrote release notes in English for semantha using the Component Content Management System Paligo.
- Made linguistic and content revisions to existing content, including marketing documents.
- Proposed and implemented improvements to the usability of the documentation and the semantha user interface.
- Head of the Library and EducationUSA Studies Adviser — 2015-2022
- Carl-Schurz-Haus/Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institue Freiburg eV: Freiburg, Germany
- Oversaw library budgeting, purchasing, cataloging, marketing, and led a team of employees and volunteers.
- Advised one-on-one and in large groups for EducationUSA. Performed outreach, wrote and designed marketing materials, and led a small team of student employees.
- Head Projectionist and Assistant Bar Manager — 2014-2015
- Kino Atelier/Café Haag: Arsenal Kinobetriebe, Tübingen, Germany
- Managed a small, independent cinema. Programmed the digital projector and ticketing software on a weekly basis. Chose and hung marketing materials. Ordered bar and restaurant supplies. Worked with vendors. Ran the projector. Sold tickets. Served food and drinks.
- Image Editor/Fact-Checker — 2004-2006
- Publications International, Ltd.: Morton Grove, Illinois, USA
- Acquired and processed images for the ConsumerGuide.com website.
- Checked ConsumerGuide.com reviews for factuality and accuracy.
- Office Manager/Editorial Assistant — 2003-2004
- Academy Chicago Publishers: Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Processed orders, calculated author royalties, and kept a running inventory of stock.
Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Instructor — 2016-2021 & 2024-present
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität: Freiburg, Germany
- Teach Creative Writing in the English Department and am in charge of the course from concept to grading.
- Instructor — 2014-2015
- Vivat Lingua! Sprachtrainingsprogramm/Language Training, Tübingen, Germany
- Taught a variety of courses both one-on-one and in groups:
- Technical Writing
- Advanced Writing and Editing
- Letters of Motivation and Curriculum Vitae in English
- Oral Presentation Skills
- Scientific Writing
- Instructor — 2011-2014
- Eberhard Karls Universität: Tübingen, Germany
- Taught a variety of courses in the Sprachpraxis section of the English Department:
- Language & Use (introduction to academic writing)
- Written Communication 1 (academic writing)
- Written Communication 2 (creative writing)
- Oral Communication 2 (presentation and public speaking skills)
- Translation 1
- Adjunct Faculty — 2011
- University of Colorado Denver: Denver, Colorado, USA
- Taught one section of Core Composition 1 as part of the CU Succeed Program.
- Adjunct Faculty — 2011
- University of Denver: Denver, Colorado, USA
- Taught two sections of Rhetoric and Academic Writing within DU's Writing Program.
- Teacher — 2006-2007
- Scottsbluff Public Schools: Scottsbluff, Nebraska, USA
- Taught German levels 1, 2 and 3 at both Scottsbluff and Gering High Schools.
