Resume

EDUCATION

MFA in Creative Writing, University of Arizona
BA in English and in Criminal Justice, Penn State University

BOOKS

Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet (September 2011, Threed Press)
Until You Make the Shore (January 2012, Salmon Poetry)
Bonemeal (April 2012, Finishing Line Press)

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Shakespeare and English Instructor, Ottawa University
English Composition Instructor, Everest College
National Poetry Examiner, Examiner.com
National MMA Fitness Examiner, Examiner.com
Writer, Sherdog.com
Writer, GoodMenProject.com

FITNESS/NUTRITION CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Personal Trainer, National Strength & Conditioning Association
Certified MMA Conditioning Coach, MMA Conditioning Association
Sports Nutrition Specialist, National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association

HONORS, AWARDS, CERTIFICATIONS

Feature Poet, Bangkok’s First Literary Festival, 2011
Nominee, Outstanding Instructor, Johns Hopkins University CTYOnline, 2010
Poetry Judge, Tucson River of Words, 2009
Poet-in-Residence, University of Arizona’s MFA Creative Writing Program, 2007-2009
Richard Russo Award for Literary Criticism, 2007
Initiated ProjectEducate, PSU Altoona branch, Africa Book Drive (Spring 2007)
Volunteer, Green Avenue Towers Elderly Home (Spring 2007)
Nominated Actor, American College Theatre Festival, Irene Ryan National Scholarship, 2007
President, Alpha Iota Theta, Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honors Society, 2006-2007
Richard Russo Award for Creative Writing, 2006
Certified Tutor, Pro Literacy, English Language Acquisition for Adults
Member, Alpha Phi Sigma, Criminal Justice Honor Society
Member, ASLE, The Association for the Study of Literature & Environment

INTERVIEWS ABOUT CAMERON

Trying Fitness
Slurve Magazine
Tucson Weekly
The Altoona Mirror
Stymie Magazine
In To Views

SAMPLES OF CAMERON’S POETRY

To the last deer dead during the antler lock
The tale of the tape
Shampoo Label for You
Crossover

SAMPLES OF POETRY BOOK REVIEWS WRITTEN BY CAMERON

Lucille Clifton
Mark Sanders
Jennifer Perrine
Todd Davis

SAMPLES OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY CAMERON

Rick Moody
Dorianne Laux
Frank Shamrock
Eavan Boland
Alison Hawthorne Deming
Wayne McCullough
Martin Rooney
Jimmy Santiago Baca
Junot Díaz
Charlie Brenneman
Nate Quarry
Floyd Skloot

SAMPLES OF CAMERON’S ESSAYS

TEACH Magazine
ESPN
Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature
Sherdog Nutrition
Good Men Project

SAMPLES OF CAMERON’S MMA/FITNESS VIDEOS

Garage Training
Pistol Squat
Muay Thai Flow Drill
Sit-Out for Self-Defense
How to Safely Stand Up

VIDEO CLIPS FROM CAMERON’S ANTI-BULLYING SPEECHES

Altoona Area High School (Altoona, Pennsylvania)
Oakland School (Keswick, Virginia)

VIDEO CLIPS FROM CAMERON’S POETRY READINGS

Poetry Elyria (Elyria, Ohio)
WTF Bar & Gallery (Bangkok, Thailand)