WRITING AWARDS
2005 Sierra Arts Foundation Literary Artist Endowment Grant ($1,000)
2007 Nevada Arts Council Fellowship ($5,000)
2009 Sierra Arts Foundation Literary Artist Endowment Grant ($1,000)

SCHOOL
2002 University of Nevada, Reno — MS, Mechanical Engineering
2001 University of Nevada, Reno — BS, Mechanical Engineering (Cum Laude), Journalism Minor

WRITING GIGS
2000 Las Vegas Review-Journal — Staff Writer
1998-1999 Sparks Tribune — Staff Writer
1999 Silver and Blue Magazine — Contributing Writer
1997 Reno News and Review — General Assignment Reporter

PUBLICATIONS
Nanotechnology: Understanding Small Systems – [College Textbook] CRC Press, 2007 (lead author)

An Open Letter to Miramax Home Video – McSweeney’s, 2003

Mayfly – Wag’s Revue, Issue 4, 2009

The Unbridled Underestimation of Racehorses – Dark Sky Magazine, Jan. 19, 2010

D.I.Y. – Front Range Review, Spring 2010

Electing to Have Kids – City Works Press, Summer 2010

Rogers’ other non-fiction (read: paying) work has appeared in the Associated Press, Small Times Magazine, CNN.com, and ASME ME Today. His scientific articles have appeared in numerous journals, including Nature.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Sierra Arts Registered Artist