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RESEARCH & TEACHING

• “Teaching a more accurate model of the evolution of human skin color,” The American Biology Teacher, October 2024.
• “Investigating ‘humanity’: Reconstructing human evolution using skulls, maps, tools, and the history of science,” The American Biology Teacher, February 2025.
• “GCC185 Plays Independent Roles in Golgi Structure Maintenance and AP-1-mediated Vesicle Tethering,” The Journal of Cell Biology, August 2011.
• “An Update on Transport Vesicle Tethering,” Molecular Membrane Biology, November 2010.
• “Multiple Rab GTPase Binding Sites in GCC185 Suggest a Model for Vesicle Tethering at the Trans-Golgi.” (First-authored by Garret Hayes) Molecular Biology of the Cell, January 2009.
• “AML1-FOG2 Fusion Protein in Myelodysplasia.” (First-authored by Edward Chan) Blood, June 2005.

NON-FICTION

• “The Theft of Fire,” Palaver, May 2018.
• “On Lives Curtailed,” Drunk Monkeys, May 2017.
• “On Austerity,” The Coachella Review, March 2017.
• “The Search for the Great American Pinball,” Stirring, October 2016.
• “Ashes,” Chicago Literati, August 2016. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
• “We’ve Been Rooting for the Wrong Side in Zombie Wars,” The Weeklings, August 2016.
• “On Darth Vader and the Homunculus Theory of the Mind,” Literary Orphans, July 2015.

SHORT STORIES

• “Against Life,” Eastern Iowa Review, October 2017.
• “Your Line Ends Before the Future,” The Fable Online, December 2016.
• “To Live Forever,” The Offing, November 2016.
• “The Judicious Use of Words,” The Vignette Review, October 2016.
• “Reenactment,” Loud Zoo, October 2016.
• “War on Suicide,” Sick Lit, September 2016.
• “Magnification,” Bartleby Snopes, September 2015.
• “Line of Sight,” Toasted Cheese, September 2015.

POETRY

• Our Man. Bloomington zine, August 2018.
• Poems from the Jail Dorm. Co-edited with John-Michael Bloomquist. Monster House Press, June 2017.
• “In the Theater,” Rat’s Ass Review, September 2016.

REVIEWS

• “Not all the early technologies fossilized.” The American Biology Teacher, December 2025.
• “Ancient genomics is amazing, but not a scrying ball.” The American Biology Teacher, September 2025.
• “The cures are here, the deaths are there.” The American Biology Teacher, August 2025.
• “Mistreated mice might not actually resemble city-dwellers.” The American Biology Teacher, February 2025.
• “Extractive capitalism & exploration of the ocean deep.” The American Biology Teacher, September 2024.
• Review of “Blight: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic.” The American Biology Teacher, August 2024.
• Review of “Bitch: On the Female of the Species.” The American Biology Teacher, April 2024.
• Review of “Indigenous Ingenuity.” The American Biology Teacher, March 2024.
• Review of “Performance All the Way Down.” The American Biology Teacher, January 2024.
• Review of “Lucy & Andy Neanderthal.” The American Biology Teacher, January 2024.
• Review of “The Parrot in the Mirror.” The American Biology Teacher, August 2023.
• Review of “How Fast Did T-Rex Run?” The American Biology Teacher, May 2023.
• Review of “Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel.” The American Biology Teacher, March 2023.
• Review of “A Natural History of the Future.” The American Biology Teacher, March 2023.
• Review of “Origin: A Genetic History of the Americas.” The American Biology Teacher, January 2023.
• Review of “Testosterone: An Unauthorized Biography.” The American Biology Teacher, November 2022.
• Review of “Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis.” The American Biology Teacher, August 2022.
• “Books on Human Evolution.” The American Biology Teacher, May 2022.
• Review of “Why Fish Don’t Exist.” The American Biology Teacher, April 2022.
• “For Young Scientists: The Human Body.” The American Biology Teacher, March 2020.
• “Human Evolution.” The American Biology Teacher, September 2017.

FAMILY & PARENTING COLUMN IN THE BLOOMINGTON HERALD TIMES

• December 5, 2022, October 25, 2022, September 29, 2022.

VEGAN FOOD COLUMN IN THE BLOOMINGTON HERALD TIMES

• A few sample columns!
• August 17, 2022, July 20, 2022, June 21, 2022, April 27, 2022, March 2, 2022, February 2, 2022, January 5, 2022, December 8, 2021, November 17, 2021, October 13, 2021, September 14, 2021, August 17, 2021, May 26, 2021, April 27, 2021, March 31, 2021, March 3, 2021, February 3, 2021, January 6, 2021, December 9, 2020, November 11, 2020, October 14, 2020, September 16, 2020, August 19, 2020, July 22, 2020, June 24, 2020, May 27, 2020, April 1, 2020, March 4, 2020, February 5, 2020, December 4, 2019, November 6, 2019, October 9, 2019, September 11, 2019, August 14, 2019, July 17, 2019, June 19, 2019, May 22, 2019, April 23, 2019, March 27, 2019, February 27, 2019, January 29, 2019, January 2, 2019, December 4, 2018, November 7, 2018, October 10, 2018, September 12, 2018, August 15, 2018, July 18, 2018, June 6, 2018, May 9, 2018, April 11, 2018, March 14, 2018, February 14, 2018, January 17, 2018, December 20, 2017, November 22, 2017, October 25, 2017, September 27, 2017, August 30, 2017, July 5, 2017.

PRESS & APPEARANCES

• “Writing, Incarceration, and Social Justice.” Panel discussion with Dave Eggers, Lindsey Badger, Michelle Brekke, & Max Smith. May 2019.
• “Writing for Release.” 812 Magazine. May 2018.
• “Inmates in the Monroe County Jail Write Poetry Together.” Indiana Daily Student video. May 2018.
• “NEA Big Read Poetry Workshop.” At the Monroe County Public Library. March 2018.
• “Poetry Workshop for Monroe County Jail Seeks Personal Revision.” Indiana Daily Student. March 2018.
• “Beyond Reading, Adult Literacy Is Survival.” Limestone Post. November 2017.
• “4th Street Art Festival Continues to Combine Art, Spoken Word, Music.” Indiana Daily Student. September 2017.
• “The Muse on the Inside.” Kiteline Radio. January 2017.