CV
Education
Wilkes University Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing 06/2018-07/2023
Concentration: Poetry, Master of Arts conferred 2020
Arcadia University Master of Arts in English 01/2010- 05/2011
Study Abroad: University of Edinburgh Summer 2010
Pennsylvania State University Bachelor of Humanities in Interdisciplinary Humanities, Honors Program 08/2004- 05/2008
Experience
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design Liberal Arts Faculty 01/2014-Present Writing Programs Coordinator/Writing Center Director 07/2021-Present
Courses: Foundations of Verbal Communication (FVC 101/102/201/203), Intro to Fantasy Literature (ENG 203), Intro to Science Fiction and Horror Literature (ENG 204), Diverse Voices in Literature (ENG 205), Nonfiction Writing (ENG 303), Book to Screen: Adapting Literature (ENG 306), Creative Writing Workshop (ENG 310), Short Story (ENG 401), Poetry (ENG 402)
York College of Pennsylvania Adjunct Lecturer in Communication and Writing 01/2019 to 01/2021
Department of Arts, Communication, and Global Studies
Courses: Rhetorical Communication (FCO 105), Creative Writing (CW 272)
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster Campus Adjunct Instructor 09/2012 to 06/2020
Department of Communications, Arts & Humanities, English
Courses: English Essentials (ENGL 050/051), English Composition (ENGL 101/102), Technical Writing (ENGL 104)
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Adjunct Professor 08/2011 to 01/2020
General Studies Department, English
Courses: Composition (ENG 106), Developmental Reading and Developmental Writing (DENG 020/021/26), Technical Writing (ENG 216), Public Speaking (ENG 221)
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 Dept.,Outstanding Undergraduate Writing Portfolio 2008
Penn State Harrisburg Honors Program Travel Grant, Study Abroad in India Winter 2007
Robert Fickes Memorial Scholarship 2004
Presentations
ICON 12 Illustration Conference, Prisms Education Symposium Co-Presenter July 2024
Lancaster Art Walk, Pocket Books Book Shop, Visual Poetry Workshop May 2023
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
Publications
“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, Five Poems, Autumn 2023
Erase the Patriarchy, Anthology, University of Hell Press, Two Poems July 2020
Rag Queen Periodical, “Lady MacBRCA”, Issue 3 March 2019
Revise This!, Wilkes Creative Writing Program, Event Review November 2018
Cease, Cows!, “A Surgeon Shows Me Your X-Ray" October 2018
The Triangle PA, Literary Organization, Contributor/Writer 2017- 2018
The Fiction Pool, Four Poems May 2017
University of Edinburgh Journal, Vol. 47.3 June 2016
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
Exhibitions
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Faculty Biennial (Group Exhibit) 2025
Third Story Art, 717 Squared (Group Exhibit) 2024
Lancaster Public Art at Lancaster County Convention Center, Creativity Is (Group Exhibit) 2024
It’s Modern Art, Art Peep Show Part 3: Revenge of the Peep (Group Exhibit) 2024
Lancaster Museum of Art, 62nd Annual Community Art Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2024
Gallery at Penn College, Books Undone 2: The Art of Altered Books (Group Exhibit) 2024
Lancaster Zine Fest (Exhibitor) 2023, 2024
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
Sunshine Art + Design, Protect Me from What I Want (Group Exhibit) 2013
Painted Desert Gallery, Anniversary Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2011
Dead Set Gallery, Fresh Photography (Solo Show) 2010
Rochester Contemporary Art Center, International Small Works (Group Exhibit) 2009
Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Student Honors Show (Group Exhibit) 2008
Carlisle Arts Learning Center, National Small Works Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2007
Harrisburg Camera Club, Architecture Exhibit (Honorable Mention) 2007
Penn State Harrisburg, Annual Student Art Exhibit (Group Exhibit) 2006, 2007
Scholastic Art Awards, Harrisburg Regional Exhibit (Silver Key) 2004