He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Creative Writing at Western Michigan University where he is the Poetry Editor for Third Coast; he is also the Managing Editor and co-founder of The Poet’s Billow. In July of 2015 he was the artist-in-residence at Gettysburg National Park. His poetry is featured or is forthcoming in: The Baltimore Review, Natural Bridge, The Fat City Review, Nashville Review, Wisconsin Review, The Madison Review, Arroyo, Water~Stone Review, and elsewhere.