EDUCATION
M.F.A. Creative Writing - Nonfiction. University of Alaska Anchorage.
B.A. Environmental Studies. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books
The Heart of the Sound: An Alaskan Paradise Found and Nearly Lost. University of Utah Press, Spring 2004.
Alaska's Prince William Sound. Alaska Northwest Books, Spring 2000.

Essays
"The Cape." Pilgrimage. 31:1, 2006.                                                                                     "Day of Listening." Going Alone. Ed. Susan Fox Rogers. Seal Press, 2004.
"The Natural History of Slugs." Christian Science Monitor. 26 April 2002.
"The Last Train Ride." We Alaskans, Sunday Newsmagazine of Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2000.
"The View Helps Me Know Where I Am." Under Northern Lights: Writers and Artists View the Alaskan Landscape. Ed. Frank Soos & Kesler Woodward. U Washington P, 2000.
"Joint Custody." Mothers and Sons. Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering. Ed. Andrea O’Reilly. York UP. Spring/Summer 2000.
"In the Name of Restoration," Orion, Spring 1999. Also in American Nature Writing 2000. Ed. John A. Murray. Oregon State UP, 2000.
"In This Light," The Seashore Reader. Ed. Lilly Golden. Lyons Books. May 1999.
"Heating with Wood," American Nature Writing 1999. Ed. John A. Murray. Oregon State UP, 1999.
"Heart of the Wind." American Nature Writing 1998. Ed. John A. Murray. Sierra Press, 1998. Also in The North American Review, University of Northern Iowa, Nov/Dec 1998.
"The Wind on My Face." Solo: On Her Own Adventure. Ed. Susan Fox Rogers. Seattle: Seal Press, 1996.
"Awakening." American Nature Writing 1996. Ed. John A. Murray. Sierra Press, 1996. Also in Weber Studies, Weber State University, 1:3 1994 and We Alaskans, 18 August 1996.
"Searching the Land." The North American Review. University of Northern Iowa. January/February 1993.
"Wilderness Playground." Prince William Sound. Alaska Geographic Society. March 1993.
"Living in the Land." We Alaskans. October 1990.
"The Flooding of Prince William Sound." Cries from the Heart. Ed. Jan O'Meara. Homer, AK: Wizard Works, 1989.
"Sound was a Battle Fought with Trust, not Protest." Anchorage Daily News. April 1989.

Selected Feature Articles, Poetry, and Radio Commentaries
"Slick Marketing." Orion. May/June 2004.                                                                        "Lingering Effects." Seattle Times Op-Ed. 24 March 2004.                                                                    "A Wild Hot Spot in Prince William Sound." National Wildlife. April/May 2003.
"Marbled Murrelets." Ice-Floe: International Poetry of the Far North. Vol.IV No.1.
"Where the Wild Schemes Are." Sierra. July 2000.
"New Ways to Live." Nature Conservancy. March/April 2000.
"Saving the Sound." We Alaskans. August 1997.
"Hot Passion for a Cold Place." National Wildlife. Aug/Sept 1996.
"The Fate of the Stellers." Greenpeace Magazine. July/August 1991.
"A Greenie with Gumption." We Alaskans. May 1991.
"Trumpets of Summer." Alaska Magazine. August 1990.
"Spring's Newborns." Anchorage Magazine. May 1990.
"The Sound and the Fury." Outdoor America. Fall 1989.
"Killer Whales Stalk Black Cod Fishery." Alaska. September 1988.
"Passing Stories Along." We Alaskans. July 1988.
"Gift of the Oxen." We Alaskans. October 1987.
"Nature's Voice." All Things Considered, National Public Radio, March 1990.
"Prince William Sound." All Things Considered, NPR, March 1989.
"The Environmental President." KSKA Morning Edition, 1989.

Selected Advocacy and Academic Publications
The State of the Sound. National Wildlife Federation, 2003.
"When Values Conflict: Accommodating Alaska Native Subsistence." Occasional Paper No. 22. ISER. (with T. Morehouse.) 1994.
"Hunting and Fishing in Southeast Alaska." Alaska Review of Social and
Economic Conditions. ISER. (with J. Kruse.) 1991.
"Spending and Earning in the Recession," Alaska Review of Social and
Economic Conditions. ISER. (with O. Scott Goldsmith & Linda Leask.) 1989.
Alaska Industry Overviews: Petroleum, Tourism, Mining, and Forestry. ISER. 1990.
Outdoor Smog Chamber Experiments to Test Automobile Exhaust. (with H.E. Jeffries, R.M. Kamens, and K.G. Sexton.) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1984.
Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Solar Law. (with W.E. Daniels.) North Carolina Department of Commerce. 1983.

OTHER WRITING EXPERIENCE
Writer. Contract research and writing for nonprofit agencies, including
The Ocean Conservancy and National Wildlife Federation. 1999-present.
Staff Writer. Anchorage Magazine. Wrote regular features on natural history of Anchorage area. 1989-1990.
Managing Editor. Inklings. Undergraduate creative writing magazine.
Department of English, UAA. Reviewed and selected essays, short stories, and poems; assisted in layout and design. 1990-1991.
Research Assistant. Wrote reports, research summaries, reviews for:
Institute of Social and Economic Research, UAA, 1987-1994.
Department of Environmental Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill, 1983-1985.
Governor's Task Force on Solar Law, N.C. 1981-1983.
North Carolina Energy Institute, Department of Commerce, N.C. 1980-1982.

SELECTED AWARDS and RESIDENCIES
Poetry Award. 8th World Wilderness Congress. October 2005.                                         Writing Residency. Weymouth Center, Southern Pines, NC. August 2002.
Writing Residency. Hedgebrook, Langley, WA. March 2001.
Career Opportunity Grant, Alaska State Council on the Arts, 1999. To present at Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE) conference.
Travel Grant, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1999. To present at ASLE conference.
Alaska Women's Bookstore Award in Feminist Studies, 1998. To develop Literature of Motherhood course.
Selected Participant, Environmental Writing Institute, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 1994.
"Home of the Bore Tide," "Spring’s Newborns," and "Kaleidoscope Skies." First Place, Article Series on Science, Alaska Press Women, 1991.
"Heating With Wood." Honorable Mention, We Alaskans Creative Writing Contest, 1991.
"In Nikolski, the average age is sixty-eight." Poetry Award, First National Bank "1992 Alaskan Poets," 1991.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Touring Writer. Western States Arts Federation TumbleWords community literary program. Alaska State Council on the Arts. 2001-present.
Alaska Center for the Book Writing Rendezvous Workshops: Creative Nonfiction Workshop. 2003.
"How to Build a Book" With Ellen Wheat, Alaska Northwest Books. 2000.
"Flexing the Writing Muscle" With Tara Wreyford. 2000.
"Nature as Metaphor." With Gretchen Legler and Nancy Lord. 1999.Radio Programs. "Alaska’s Prince William Sound." KCHU Coffee Break. Host Dan Roth, Valdez, AK. 6 July 2000.
"Nature Writing." Morning Program, KLEF Anchorage. March 1999.
"Alaska Nature Writers." Special Edition, Alaska Public Radio Network. Host Steve Heimel (with Richard Nelson & Bill Sherwonit). March 1998.
Coordinator. "Words for the Earth: New Nature Writing Celebrating Earth Day," Anchorage, AK 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999.
Slide Presentation and Book Signing. "Alaska’s Prince William Sound." Begich-Boggs Visitor Center. Portage, AK. 24 August 2000. also Valdez Museum. Valdez, AK. 7 July 2000. also Alaska Public Lands Information Center. Anchorage, AK. 4 July 2000.
Facilitator. Interdisciplinary Reading Group in Feminist Studies, Women's Studies Program, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1997-98. "Alaska Women Read," Women's History Month, University of Alaska Anchorage, 1994.
Judge. Kenai Peninsula College Creative Writing Contest, January 1995.
Anchorage Daily News Creative Writing Contest, 1994, 1996.
"Women Writing about Wilderness" seminar and essay workshop for
"Celebration: A Conference on Women's Writing." Anchorage, AK. 1992.

CREATIVE WRITING INSTRUCTION
Writing Guide. Copper River Writing Workshop. On-river writing
instruction and wilderness adventure. June 1999, July 2001.
Co-founder & Writing Guide. Alaska Nature Writing Institute summer writing workshops. 1994 to 1998.
Adjunct Instructor, University of Alaska. 1989-present.
University of Alaska Anchorage. Undergraduate Creative Writing
Workshop in Nonfiction, Nature Writing, Women and Nature, Women's Writing Workshop, Literature of Motherhood, Intro to Women’s Studies.
Kachemak Bay College. Women’s Nature Writing.
Kenai Peninsula College. Introduction to Creative Nonfiction.

SELECTED READINGS

(Note: for current readings and events, see Home Page or Press Room page.)
"In the Name of Restoration." Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Conference. Invited reader for Alaska writers panel. Kalamazoo, MI. 1999.
"Heart of the Wind." Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biennial Conference. Missoula, MT. 1997. also The 7th Annual Women's Readings, YWCA, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, October 1998.
"In This Light." Words for the Earth: Third Annual Earth Day Reading. Campbell Creek Science Center. Anchorage, AK. April 1998.
"The View Helps Me Know Where I Am." Pacific Rim Studies Literature Conference, University of Alaska Anchorage, Spring 1997.
"Heating With Wood." Words for the Earth: Second Annual Earth Day Reading. Cyrano’s Bookstore and Café. Anchorage, AK. April 1997.
"The Wind on My Face." The 6th Annual Women's Readings, YWCA, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AK, September 1997. also Alaska Reading Series, KSKA Radio Anchorage. Read by Janet Levine. February 1996. also Writer's Harvest: The National Reading. Anchorage, Alaska, November 2, 1995.
"Awakening." Words for the Earth: First Annual Earth Day Reading. Cyrano’s Bookstore and Café. Anchorage, AK. April 1996.
"Heating With Wood." Alaska Women Read. Women’s Studies Program, University of Alaska Anchorage. March 1994.
"A Reflection on Trumpeter Swans" and "Searching the Land." Master of Fine Arts Candidates Reading. Program in Creative Writing, Department of English, University of Alaska Anchorage, February 1991.
"In Nikolski, the average age is sixty-eight." A Year of Alaskan Poets. First National Bank, December 1991.

ASSOCIATIONS
Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment (ASLE)
Alaska Press Women
Alaska Center for the Book