Holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College, an M.A. in English from Boston
College, a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis
University and a certificate in Non-Fiction Writing from the Salt
Institute for Documentary Studies. She has taught at Georgetown
University, The George Washington University, The USDA Graduate School
and Montgomery College. Her articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared
in the Arena Stage Performance Guides, The Haight Ashbury Literary
Review, New Voices in Poetry and Prose, Pembroke Review (cited in The
Carson McCullers Project and PAL), WordsWright, and other journals.
Most recently, her article, "Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: The
Filming of Wedding Advice," is forthcoming in an anthology, Straight
Talk, edited by Chrys Ingraham for Routledge Press. Karen attended Avid
Film Camp in Portland, OR to direct the editing of
Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace (2002) from June
through September, 2001. In addition to other freelance film and
writing projects, Karen is a columnist and feature writer for
"Grappling Magazine" and is in pre-production for SosZey Production's
next film, "Grappling Therapy".