BS, Pennsylvania State University, 2003; MA, Rutgers University, 2006; MFA, University of Iowa, 2011
Creative writing, fiction
Contemporary Nigerian and Nigerian-American literature
Provost postgraduate visiting writer in fiction, University of Iowa (spring 2012)
Adjunct assistant professor at University of Iowa, (fall 2011-spring 2012)
Colgate University
Intro to Creative Writing: Fiction
The University of Iowa
Writers’ Seminar: Fiction
The Art of Revision: Writing for Clarity
Creative Writing
Creative Writing Studio Workshop
Editorial assistant at The Iowa Review; programs coordinator in the Office of Residence Life at Rutgers University
Books
Under the Udala Trees, A Novel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA)/GRANTA (UK), forthcoming 2014
Happiness, Like Water, A Collection of Short Stories, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (USA)/GRANTA (UK), forthcoming 2013
Short Stories
“On Ohaeto Street,” The Kenyon Review, spring 2013
“Designs,” The Iowa Review, spring 2013
“Tumors and Butterflies,” The Southern Review, winter 2013
“Grace,” The Southern Review, fall 2012
“Shelter,” The Coffin Factory, summer 2012
“Fairness,” Subtropics, spring 2012
“Story, Story!” Conjunctions: 58; Riveted: The Obsession Issue, spring 2012
“America,” GRANTA 118: Exit Strategies, winter 2012
“Runs Girl,” GRANTA Online, New Voice, winter 2012
Asfraea Foundation for Justice Lesbian Writers Grant (2011)
Provost’s Postgraduate Visiting Writer, University of Iowa
Nominee, United States Artists Fellowship, Literature