- Education: Franklin and Marshall College, B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.F.A.
Adam studied English and graduated with honors from Franklin and Marshall college before coming to UMass to study Fiction. He has taught courses in both composition and literature and twice has been nominated for Residential First Year Experience Student Choice Awards. He also worked for the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House in Lancaster, PA, where he helped establish a community for local and student writers. His book reviews and fiction have appeared in the Kenyon Review, The Common, The Ampersand, Word Riot, and other publications and he has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Adam loves dogs, bowling, games – both board and athletic – and cooking. He has taught Journalism, and Public Speaking and Debate at Excel at Amherst College.
