E d u c a t i o n

In Progress (ABD) - University of Nevada Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV
- Ph.D. in literature with a minor in translation theory

2004 - University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL
- M.A. in creative writing

2000 - University of Central Florida - Orlando, FL
- B.A. in creative writing with a minor in applied computer science

E x p e r i e n c e

Assistant to the Graduate Coordinator
August 2008-August 2009 - UNLV English Department - Las Vegas, NV

Instructor: World Literature 1 & 2, English Composition 1, Business Writing, and Creative Writing
August 2005-August 2009 - UNLV English Department - Las Vegas, NV

Reader
March 2007-Present - Witness, Black Mountain Institute - Las Vegas, NV

Instructor: Creative Writing & English Composition
January 2005-August 2005 - Valencia Community College - Orlando, FL

Instructor: Creative Writing & English Composition 1 & 2
August 2003-August 2005 - UCF English Department - Orlando, FL

Writing Consultant
August 2002-August 2004 - University Writing Center - Orlando, FL

Assistant Lab Manager
March 1999-December 2002 - Academic Computing Support - Orlando, FL

Lab Consultant
1996-1999 - Academic Computing Support - Orlando, FL

Staff Writer
1993-1996 - The Colombian Post - Bogota, Colombia

Freelance Writer
1993 - The Central Florida Future - Orlando, FL

Teen Movie Critic
1992-1993 - The Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL

I n t e r e s t s

- Vladimir Nabokov.
- Creative writing--fiction and nonfiction.
- Interdisciplinary studies in the creative process.
- Intertextuality and the novel.
- Contemporary British and American novelists.
- 19th-century British novelists.
- The history of the novel.
- Cultural studies and popular culture.
- Graphic design and visual rhetoric.
- Paracinema, and exploitation and cult films.
- Translation and translation theory.

S p e c i a l  S k i l l s

- Extensive work with HTML and DHTML (including CSS), with emphasis on information architecture issues in new media.
- Working knowledge of C, Java, and SQL.
- Fluent in English and Spanish.

A w a r d s  &  R e c o g n i t i o n s

- President's Graduate Fellowship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. August 2009-August 2010.
- GA Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. April 2007.
- Interviewed for UCF's Spring 2006 English Department Newsletter, Knight Notes.
- 2003 Graduate Student of the Year, English Department, University of Central Florida.
- GTA Certificate Course, 2003. Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Central Florida.
- Interviewed for WMFE's Poetic Logic segment of The Arts Connection, 17 November 2004.

C o n f e r e n c e   P r e s e n t a t i o n s

- November 2010 (Forthcoming). "A Continent without Porticos: Correspondences, Divergences, and Oblivion in Borges' and Nabokov's America." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, San Francisco, CA.
- March 2009. “Up a Backlit Staircase, Casting a Long Shadow: Jacques Torneur’s I Walked With a Zombie, Robert Stevenson’s Jane Eyre, and the Problems and Rewards of Visible Obstacles.” Far West Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Convention. Las Vegas, NV.
- December 2008. "Cynthia's Broken Series: The Hereafter's Text and Paratext in 'The Vane Sisters.'" The Modern Language Association Convention. San Francisco, CA.
- January 2008. "Pitching Fiction: From Academia to the Marketplace." The Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference. New York, NY.
- May 2007. "Lord Kinbote, Hold Steady: Nabokov References in Popular Culture." Oceanic Popular Culture Association Conference. Honolulu, HI.
- February 2007. "Nabokovilia: Nabokov References in Contemporary Fiction." 20^th Century Literature and Culture Conference, Louisville, KY.
- November 2006. "Providence and Peg Legs: Shakespeare's Pirates." Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, Riverside, CA.
- March 2006. "Translating an Affair: A Comparison of the Two Official Lolita Translations". Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Literature, Deland, FL.

R e c e n t   P u b l i c a t i o n s

- A Fold of the Marquisette: Nabokov’s Lepidoptery in Visual Media. Nabokov Online Journal. 3 2009 Ed. Yuri Leving. (Indexed in the MLA Bibliography and ABSEES.)
- “Customer Service at the Karaoke Don Quixote.” Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America. Eds. Shapard, Robert, James Thomas and Ray Gonzalez. New York: Norton, 2010. Forthcoming.
- "Well Tended" (Fiction Open Finalist). Glimmer Train. (Forthcoming.)
- "The Orlando Sonnet." Redivider 5:1 (Spring 2008).
- "Divers." West Branch 61 (Fall/Winter 2007). (This sonnet was also set to music by Moya Henderson and performed on 9 April 2006 by Fiona Chatwin and the Happy Vegemites at the University of California, San Diego.)
- "Souvenirs from Ganymede." River Teeth. Volume 8, Number 2: Spring 2007. (Accessible via Project Muse.)
- The Spooky Japanese Girl is There for You, for McSweeney's.
- The Coca-Cola Executive in the Zapatoca Outhouse. Conjunctions.
- "Correspondences Between the Lower World and Old Men in Pinstripe Suits." Interim. Issue 25: Spring 2007.
- The Lead Singer is Distracting Me, for McSweeney's.
- Your Significant Other's Kitten Poster & Liner Notes for Renegade: The Director's Opening Sequence for the Spring 2006 issue of Sceal.
- "Roadblock" for Glimmer Train. Issue 58: Spring 2006.
- "Machulín in L.A." for the Santa Monica Review. Fall 2004.
- Hobbledehoydom, for The Morning News.
- An Important Message from Mephistopheles, Servant of the Prince of the Devils, From his Condo in Boca Raton for McSweeney's.
- The Person We Want, for Professor Akiko Nakata's Nabokov Festschrift.
- On Messing Around While Sober, for Public Scrutiny.
- Errands, for the third print issue of Pindeldyboz.
- Treatment, for the web incarnation of Pindeldyboz.
- Treaty, for the web incarnation of Pindeldyboz.
- My Sister's Knees, for the first print issue of Pindeldyboz. (Also available via Amazon.)
- Some Things That Have Gone Wrong With My Techno-Thriller, for McSweeney's.
- Strangers on Vacation: Snapshots, for McSweeney's.
- The Women Who Talk to Themselves, for Pindeldyboz.
- After the End of the World: A Capsule Review, for McSweeney's.
- Customer Service at the Karaoke Don Quixote and Last Minute Installation Ideas, for McSweeney's.
- Tag Team Orientation Seminar in the Wilderness of Hope, MN, a short piece for Pindeldyboz.
- Forsaken, the Crew Awaited News From the People Below, a short story for McSweeney's.
- Strobe, a novel.
- Stories for WebTravelNews.com -- industry reports Expedia and one on B2Bs
- Webmaster and content-creator for Waxwing, The Vladimir Nabokov Site and Strobe, The Juan Martinez Site (site map available at http://www.fulmerford.com/sitemap.html)
- Poetry and book reviews for Savoy Magazine -- also a short story
- Backlight, a short story published in the Spring 1998 issue of The Cypress Dome