Squaw Valley Community of Writers
- Fiction and nonfiction seminars, 2008 and 2009. Staff member.
University of San Francisco
- MFA in Writing Graduate Program, April 2009. Lecturer, Lone Mountain Reading Series.
Stanford University
- Undergraduate Creative Writing (Tom Kealey, instructor), April 2007. Guest lecturer.
- Spring Reading Series Program (Eric Puchner, instructor), May 2007. Visiting author.
- Continuing Studies in Creative Writing (Tom Barbash, instructor), May 2006. Guest lecturer.
University of California, Berkeley
- Graduate School of Journalism Professional Seminar: Reconstructing the Past: When History and Journalism Meet, April 2007. Guest speaker.
San Francisco State University
- Undergraduate Creative Writing Program (Peter Orner, professor), June 2006. Visiting author.
California College of the Arts
- Nonfiction Writing Program (Ethan Watters, instructor), June 2004. Guest teacher.