Fellowships & Residencies
2025
Woodward Residency, Fall 2025 Writing Fellow, Queens, NY, USA
Edward Albee Foundation, June Writing Fellow, Montauk, NY, USA
Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Plant Wisdom: Writing About a Single Plant, Residential Course, Upperville, Virginia, USA
2023
Galveston Artist Residency
February Writing Resident, Galveston, Texas, USA
2022
GrubStreet Writing to Heal Immersive Program Fellowship, September 2022-April 2023
Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Paper Making, Residential Course, Upperville, Virginia, USA
Fundación ArteSumapaz
April Artist Residency, San Bernardo, Cundinamarca, Colombia
2021
Residencia Corazón
December Writing Residency, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Reading the Landscape, Residential Field Course, Upperville, Virginia, USA
2020
The Cabins Retreat Solo Residency 2020
November Writer in Residence, USA
2017
Mystic Seaport Museum of America & the Sea
Mystic, Connecticut, USA
Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellow, Maritime History
2011
Old Salem Museums & Gardens St. Philip’s Church
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Public History Archives Fellowship
Awards
Emerald Forest Management Simulation, First Place Economics and Creative Business Plan, Karlsruhe, Germany 2015
Noctua Review Honorable Mention, Literary Award 2015
Salem College President’s Prize, Creative Writing 2011
Salem College Spirit Award, Extraordinary Spirit 2011
Special Programs
International Academic Programs:
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture Social Work Program, Southern Connecticut State University
Liverpool John Moores University Humanities Summer Program, Southern Connecticut State University
Liverpool John Moores University Law Enforcement Summer Program, Southern Connecticut State University
Domestic Academic Programs:
Adjunct Professor, Common Course, University of New Haven
Adjunct Professor, Critical Inquiry, Southern Connecticut State University
Professional Continuing Education Programs:
Architecture tours:
Yale New Colleges, New Haven, CT
Yale Science Building, New Haven, CT
Colt Armory Building, Hartford, CT
Pequot Library, Southport, CT
Private Equine Training Facility, Greenwich, CT
Advocacy
In March 2016, Kristen participated in an international education advocacy event with her colleagues and international students. The Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act (S. 1287) (H.R. 351) and the Cuba Trade Act (H.R. 442) were passed and signed into law by President Barack Obama by the end of that month as a result of this initiative.