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).
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.
