• Taught introductory creative writing class, including workshop techniques and selected literature in three genres to undergraduate students in a multicultural, urban university.
• Created lesson plans and collected resources in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction.
• Led class critiques of students' work.

• Interpret between English and American Sign Language in a variety of settings, including educational, medical, formal and vocational.
• Teach basic and advanced skills to new interpreters and interpreting students, provide feedback and set goals for improvement through mentoring programs.
• Lead workshops, serve on committees, publish papers and present at regional conferences on topics pertinent to the interpreting and Deaf communities.

• Develop curriculum for "Whatchamacallit and Thingamajig: English Expansion for Interpreters," a professional development workshop for Sign Language interpreters.
• Collect and organize materials and resources on high-register English, dialects of American English and techniques for fluid English production by interpreters.
• Present workshop to groups of working interpreters across the United States, using a variety of materials and technologies to create an interactive, group-focused  educational experience.

• Taught poetry to participants in monthly literary discussion group at Jewish cultural center. 
• Developed lessons, collected materials and guided discussion on poems, and issues and themes in poetry.
• Guided group critique of participants' work. 

• What All the Sleeping Is For, Defined Providence Press, 2003.
• "First Funeral," Whiskey Island, Spring 2006
• "Thirteen Facts About Paul," Margie, September 2005
• "Semiotics for My Father," Lyric Poetry Review, Spring 2005
• "Who Tolls the Bell: The Power of Speaking in Veronica Golos' A Bell Buried Deep," Big City Lit, Spring 2004.
• "The Myth of the Grim Reaper," "What I Know of the Story," Big City Lit, Winter 2003.
• "The Myth of the Broken Heart," Manhattan Literary Review, Fall 2003.
• "Her Young Death, Loose in You," Big City Lit, Fall 2003.
• "To Thomas Hardy," Atlanta Review, Fall 2002.
• "Slipping Glimpser," Rattapallax, Spring 2002.
• "Eden," "Bridge Half Gone," "Regret," Olivetree Review, Spring 2000. 
• "What Is Your Ethical Responsibility," with Mark Morrison, Views, January 1999.
• "To My Father on My Birthday," "What Keeps Me Awake," "On the #7 Train," "The Man on the F Train," Portland Review, Fall 1997.
• "How to Love a Woman," Island Lifestyle Magazine, January 1993.

• 2005 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry, California State University, Fresno

• 2004 Rita Dove Poetry Award, Salem College Center for Women Writers

• 2002 Defined Providence Press Poetry Book Competition, Defined Providence Press

• 2001 International Poetry Competition, Atlanta Review

• Academy of American Poets Award, 2001, Hunter College, NY, NY

• Bernard Cohen Short Story Prize, 2001, Hunter College, NY, NY

• Poet in New York Prize, 2000, Hunter College, NY, NY

• Academy of American Poets Award, 2000, Hunter College, NY, NY

• Mary M. Fay Award, 2000, Hunter College, NY, NY

• Writer's Digest Magazine Writing Competition, 1998

• Artist in Residence, Makor/92nd Street Y, New York, NY 1005
• Master Class with Marie Howe, Poets House, New York, NY 2005
• West Chester Form and Narrative Conference with Kim Addonizio, West Chester, PA, 2004
• Master Class with Toi Derricotte, Poets House, New York, NY, 2004
• West Chester Form and Narrative Conference with A. E. Stallings, West Chester, PA, 2003
• Squaw Valley Community of Writers with Galway Kinnell, Sharon Olds, Lucille Clifton, Li-Young Lee and Brenda Hillman, Tahoe, CA, 2001
• Black Dog Poets Writing Conference, Ithaca, NY, 2006 and 2004; Berkeley, CA, 2005; Nonquitt, MA, 2003 and Missoula, MT, 2002
• Master Class with Marie Ponsot, Unterberg Poetry Center, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, 2002
• Poetry Tutorial with Grace Schulman, Unterberg Poetry Center, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY, 2003
• Poetry Workshop with Edward Hirsch, Poets House, New York, 2002
• Poetry Workshop with Robert Bly, Poets House, New York, NY, 2002

• Makor, New York, NY, 2006
• Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, 2005
• Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, 2004
• Jewish Community Center, New York, NY, 2004
• Cornelia Street Café, New York, NY, 2003
• Barnes and Noble Bookstore, New York, NY, 2003
• Halcyon Reading Series, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
• Mac's Backs Paperbacks, Cleveland, OH, 2003
• Village Reading Series, New York, NY, 2003
• Hunter College, New York, NY, 2003
• Ear Inn Reading Series, New York, NY, 2002

• Valparaiso Poetry Review, Spring, 2004
• MyShelf.com, reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Spring 2003
• Big City Lit, reviewed by editorial staff, Summer, 2003