CV
Education
Wilkes University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Concentration: Poetry 2023
Arcadia University Master of Arts in English 2011, University of Edinburgh Creative Writing Seminar 2010
Millersville University Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art 2027, Harrisburg Area Community College Visual Arts in Photography (Transfer) 2009
Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Humanities in Interdisciplinary Humanities, Honors Program 2008
Experience
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Liberal Arts Faculty 01/2014-Present, Writing Center Director, 07/2021-Present, Writing Programs Coordinator 07/2024-Present, Chair of Creative Writing 07/2026-Present
York College of Pennsylvania Adjunct Lecturer in Communication and Writing 01/2019 to 01/2021
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster Campus Adjunct Instructor 09/2012 to 06/2020
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Adjunct Professor 08/2011 to 01/2020
Select Grants & Awards
US Dept. of Education, University of Delaware, Supporting Strategic Writers Research, Charles A. MacArthur and Zoi Philippakos, Participating Educator in Test Group at HACC. Fall 2018
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Lancaster Public Art, Artist Stipend Recipient. 2017
University of Edinburgh Saltire Scholar, Edwin Morgan Trust Awardee. Summer 2016
Scottish Universities International Summer School, University of Edinburgh. Summer 2010
Penn State Harrisburg Humanities Department, Outstanding Undergraduate Writing Portfolio. 2008
Penn State Harrisburg Honors Program Travel Grant, Study Abroad in India. Winter 2007
Robert Fickes Memorial Scholarship. 2004
Select Presentations
ICON 12 Illustration Conference, Prisms Education Symposium Co-Presenter, “Writing in the Illustration Classroom.” July 2024
Wilkes University Creative Writing Program Thesis Presentation, Literary Analysis “Visual Poetry: Erasure in the Hands of 21st Century Poets.” January 2023
Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Capstone Reading. June 2020
Lancaster Story Slam, Storyteller (Runner-up). September 2019
Fear No Lit, Page Match: the Second Draft, Competitor. December 2018
Hippocamp, Hippocampus Magazine Conference, Conference Room MC. Summer 2018
Pennsylvania Writers Conference, “Fostering a Connected Writing Community." Summer 2018
Lancaster Public Art, “Let the Record Show” Artist Talk and Demonstration. Fall 2017
University of Edinburgh, Saltire Scholars Seminar, Presented “Contemporary Spoken Word Poetry and the Scottish Oral Tradition." Summer 2016
Arcadia University, Grey Towers Castle, Rose Room, Graduate Thesis Reading. Spring 2011
Penn State Harrisburg, Graduate Research Day, Honors Thesis Reading. Spring 2008
Select Publications
Wild Roof Journal, Issue 32, Collage and Erase Poetry. Winter 2026
“Hexfoos: A Tale of Murder and Witchcraft from Lancaster to York County.” Poetry Zine. 2024
“Hexproof: Poems After John George Hohman’s The Long Lost Friend.” Poetry Zine. 2023
Querencia Press, Quarterly Anthology, ISBN 9781959118732, Five Poems. Autumn 2023
Erase the Patriarchy, Anthology, University of Hell Press, ISBN 9781938753374, Two Poems. July 2020
Rag Queen Periodical, Issue 3, “Lady MacBRCA.” March 2019
Cease, Cows!, “A Surgeon Shows Me Your X-Ray." October 2018
The Fiction Pool, Four Poems. May 2017
University of Edinburgh Journal, Vol. 47.3 June 2016
Select Press
Zimmerman, Sam. “Everyone comes to erasure for different reasons: An Interview with Isobel O’Hare.” Pine Hills Review. 22 June 2021
Johnson, Vanessa Cuoto. “Erasure as Reclamation: Erase the Patriarchy.” Porter House Review. 12 April 2021
Currents: Penn State Harrisburg's Alumni Magazine, “Incredible India.” Spring 2008
Select Exhibitions
The Grotto Community Center, The Artist Residency (Group Exhibit) 2025
Curio Gallery, Connecting the Dots (Group Exhibit) 2025
Rochester Contemporary Art Center, 6x6 (Group Exhibit) 2025
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Faculty Biennial (Group Exhibit) 2025
Third Story Art, 717 Squared (Group Exhibit) 2024, 2025
Lancaster Public Art at Lancaster County Convention Center, Creativity Is (Group Exhibit) 2024
Lancaster Museum of Art, 62nd Annual Community Art Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2024
The Gallery at Penn College, Books Undone 2: The Art of Altered Books (Group Exhibit) 2024
Lancaster Zine Fest (Exhibitor) 2023, 2024, 2025
PCA&D Center for Creative Exploration at York, 10x10 (Group Exhibit) 2022
It’s Modern Art, Art Peep Show (Group Exhibit) 2020
Curio Gallery, Pocket Art Swap Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2019
It’s Modern Art, National Poetry Month Installation (Featured Artist) 2018
Lancaster Public Art at Lancaster Station, Let the Record Show (Collaboration) 2017
Ware Center for Performing Arts, A Slow Regard (Group Exhibit) 2016
Sunshine Art + Design, Untitled Lancaster (Group Exhibit) 2015, 2016
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