UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE
University of Montana, English Department – Introduction to College Writing & Creative Writing Courses, 2019-2021
ALTERNATIVE TEACHING
Missoula Writing Collaborative, 2021-2022
Ledger Art Project – Assisted Salish Storyteller Aspen Decker in teaching kids across Montana reservations to write creation stories and create Ledger Art
Writers’ Room Workshops – Taught poetry and creative writing classes virtually to professional writers across the Pacific Northwest
Rattlesnake Writing Workshop – Taught poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to a group of 13-16-year-old writers for a week in Missoula, MT
Free Verse Writing Project
St. Patrick’s Adolescent Psychiatric Unit – Taught poetry once a week in-person to the youth at the hospital experiencing emotional crises (2021-present)
Free Verse Classes – Teaches virtually in juvenile detention centers, long-term facilities, and youth homes across Montana in (2021-present)
Alyx Chandler 