Currently, I serve as Professor of Creative Writing in the English Department at William Paterson University where I teach a variety of creative writing and literature courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well as in the WPU MFA Program for Creative and Professional Writers. Recently, I created a graduate course for our MFA Program called “Literature From The Writer’s Perspective,” which is designed to guide graduate creative writers through critical analyses of style, lineage, and influence in both the literary canon, the contemporary writing landscape, and in their own ongoing writing efforts. I also co-created a graduate course called “Creative Writing Pedagogy,” which is designed to teach our MFA students how to teach introductory-level creative writing. Other courses I teach at WPU include: ENG 2310 (Introduction to Creative Writing); ENG 1500 (Introduction to Literature); ENG 3030 (American Literature I.); ENG 3190 (Modern  British and American Poetry); ENG 3320 (Advanced Creative Writing); ENG 3390 (Poetry Writing Seminar); ENG 5990: (The Pedagogy of Creative Writing); ENG 5990: (The Prose Poem); ENG 6160 (Graduate Creative Writing I.); ENG 6230 (Graduate Poetry Writing Seminar); ENG 6240; (Graduate Contemporary Poetry Writing Seminar); ENG 7000 (MFA Independent Study). I also serve as director of William Paterson University’s Writing Across the Curriculum Program.