CLASSES TAUGHT

At NKU:
University 101 — 4 years
News Reporting and Writing — 2 years
News Reporting and Writing II — 2 years
Introduction to College Writing/English — 1 year
Multimedia Skills — 2 years

At Xavier:
Writing for the Media — 4 years

PUBLICATIONS

2005: Intern for Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Bragg, contributing to the New York Times Bestsellers “The Most They Ever Had” and “The Prince of Frogtown.”

2006: Short story “Like Kudzu” appeared in national anthology “Stories From the Blue Moon Café IV.”

2007: Game of My Life: Kentucky (Sports Publishing LLC)

2009: Dusty Roads & Faded Signs – poetry (Bear Head Publishing)

2009: Short story “Money Well Spent” published in Licking River Review

2009: Short story “Samaritan” published in Almost Famous Authors’ Faire

2011: Master’s thesis finished and published, Wrestling Reality (ECW Press)

2011: Short story “The Last Toy Run” published in The Journal of Kentucky Studies

2012: Short story “Night at the Oasis (Concert)” published in Licking River Review

2012: Started reading/giving notes on manuscripts for University Press of Kentucky.

2012: Game of My Life: Kentucky, 2nd edition, (Sports Publishing LLC)

2012: 100 Things Wildcats Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die (Triumph Books)

2013: Tales From The Kentucky Wildcats Lockerroom (Skyhorse Publishing)

2014: Fightin’ Words: The History of the Kentucky and Louisville Basketball Rivalry (March 2014 – Skyhorse Publishing)

2015: The Kentucky Wildcats Bucket List (Triumph Books)

2025: Short story “The Devil’s BFF” to be published in The Heartland Review Press (spring 2026)

SPEAKING

Was a featured speaker at the 2013 World Human Rights Conference in Antwerp, Belgium. Presented, via video, on the topic of gay athletes in America, while discussing my book, Wrestling Reality.

Was featured in the 2013 film, “The Rivalry: Red vs. Blue,” in which I discuss the culture of the in-state basketball rivalry between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville.

- Stories From the Blue Moon Cafe, writing panel speaker, Jackson, Miss., 2005

- Books by the Banks, 2014, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2013, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2014, Sportswriting panel

- Southern Kentucky Book Festival, 2015, Sportswriting panel

- Lincoln Book Festival, Stanford, Ky., presenter, 2014

- featured speaker at the 25th annual UK Convention in Franklin, Ohio, 2014

- featured speaker, NKU Sports Rivalry class, 2014, 2015 and 2016

- featured speaker, NKU Sports Business/Marketing class, 2014

- featured speaker, Joseph Beth Books, 2014

- featured speaker, Boone County Public Library, 2015

- featured speaker, NKU University 101 class, 2012-15

- featured speaker, Louisville Law Library, 2014

- featured speaker, CASE Conference, Chicago 2019

REFERENCES

Emily Owens
Associate Director of Development,
Carter Center Weekend at The Carter Center
Atlanta, Georgia
eduwel21@hotmail.com

Denise McCarthy,
Assistant Dean of Operations,
College of Health Sciences
University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Ky.
denise.mccarthy@uky.edu

Megan McCarty
Eighth grade teacher,
Madison Local Schools
Cincinnati, Ohio
mccarty.megan@gmail.com