Featured In:
“An Alternative to Overspending on Presents” in the Atlantic
“Goodnight Noises Everywhere” included in LitHub Daily
“The Gravitational Pull of Supervising Kids All the Time” in the Atlantic
Selected Writing
“Between the Sunflower Stalks” in The New York Times
“Running an Olsen Twins Fan Page Taught Me to Craft an Online Identity” in Electric Literature
“Don't use Lent to worship at the altar of diet culture” in NBC News THINK
“Playing Piano (Badly) Relieved Me of Perfectionism” in Shondaland
“You can't resolve your way through New Year's grief” in Salon
“Please, Let’s Stop Talking About the Freshman 15” in Slate
“Crawling, Hanging, and Moving Like a Kid Fixed My Back Pain—And Made Me Feel Stronger Than Ever” in Well+Good
“Finger Eleven” in Joyland
More Publications
“My Family Visited a Town Where Cellphones Aren't Allowed" on Business Insider
"The Best New Years Resolution I Ever Made Was to Exercise Less" on HuffPost
"I Vicariously Visit the Mall with the Olsen Twins to Escape" on Shondaland
“See the Light?” on the New York Times
"My Husband Was a COVID Doctor, and My Son Was High Risk" on Business Insider
"Put Your Kid in Charge of Elf on the Shelf" on TinyBeans
"Becoming a Mom Made Me Feel Like the Most Boring Person on the Planet" on TinyBeans
"Running Away to Scroll Social Media Somehow Became My Parenting Go-To" on TinyBeans
"I Turned Cleaning Into a Game -- And Now My Kids Love Helping Out" on Reader's Digest
"When I Fall Short as a Mom, It’s Really a Gift to Other Parents" on TinyBeans
"I'm Unapologetically Saying Yes to the School Cafeteria Lunch" on TinyBeans
"Goodnight Noises Everywhere" on Literary Mama
"How an Unusual Creative Project Cured My Clothing Addiction" on YourTango
"Dog Gone" on Dorothy Parker's Ashes
"The Best Holiday Memories are Often the Worst Experiences" on TinyBeans
"Sunday School Taught Me To Pitch Personal Essays" on Brevity Blog
"I Close My Eyes for 20 Minutes Each Day" on Shondaland
"I Gaslit Myself About a Lump. It Could Have Been Fatal" on Newsweek
"I Stopped Folding Laundry to Prepare for My Third Baby" on Motherly
"I Hated When Other Moms Told Me to 'Just Wait.' And Now I Do It" on TODAY
"I Gave Up Creative Writing for a Decade" on Brevity Blog
"Seeing Our Children in Art" on MER Literary
"Refraction: a review of Cat Pleska's My Life in Water" on MER Literary
"In Defense of the Unplugged Run" on PS (Popsugar)
"Why 'You Can Vote in Secret' Didn't Work on Conservative Women" on Slate
"I Bought My Husband a Sexist Christmas Gift. Now I Regret It" on TODAY
"The Unexpected Downsides of Exercise Snacks" on Well+Good
"I Drastically Changed My New Year's Resolutions -- the Results Were Amazing" on Newsweek
"Breathing Easy" on Literary Mama
"Our Year of No Extracurriculars" on TODAY
"Maternal Dread" on MUTHA Magazine
"Strawberry Sale" on Midway Journal
"‘Don’t Die,’ Ballerina Farm, and the theology of self-optimization" on National Catholic Reporter
"I Know I Need a Small Vacation" on Salvation South
Academic Publications
“Explicitness and Rationale: Purposeful Communication in Asynchronous Online Writing Tutor Sessions” in Praxis
“Improving Students' Comprehension of STEM Writing Conventions” in WLN: A Writing Center Journal
“When Rubrics Need Revision: A Collaboration Between STEM Faculty and the Writing Center” in Composition Forum
“The EDGE of the Murky Middle: Inquisitive Advising for Student Success” in Academic Advising Today
“Equity and Ability: Metaphors of Inclusion in Writing Center Promotion” in Praxis
“Being Human in the Writing Center” in Axis, The Praxis Blog
“Read the Room: What an Unfortunate Incident with Dog Poop and a Robot Vacuum Taught Me About Peer Tutoring” in Connecting Writing Centers Across Borders