EDUCATION |
University of Mississippi University, MS
Master of Arts, May 1997, English, Major GPA: 4.00, Overall GPA: 4.00
Thesis: "Frozen Ecstasy: Home Finding and Escape in the Short Stories of Jayne Anne Phillips" (optimized for printing here; optimized for Web viewing here)
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California State University Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts, March 1994, English, Major GPA: 4.00, Overall GPA: 4.00
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WORK EXPERIENCE
2008-present |
The University of Georgia Press Athens, GA
Managing Editor
- Supervised department of three people
- Set and monitored department budget
- Acted as liaison with authors and oversaw proofreading and copyediting of 20-30 books per year, in such subjects as history, southern studies, and environmental studies, as well as select creative work
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2006-2008 |
Assistant Managing Editor
- Hired, trained, and oversaw student employees and interns (one to two per semester)
- Acted as liaison with authors and oversaw proofreading and copyediting of 20-30 books per year, in such subjects as history, southern studies, and environmental studies, as well as select creative work
- Logged permissions paperwork and organized art for 15-20 books a year
- Acquired art and permissions for select projects (1-3 per year)
- Copyedited 1-2 books per year
- Served as EDP manager in manager's absence
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2001-2005 |
Project Editor
- Hired, trained, and oversaw student employees and interns (one to two per semester)
- Acted as liaison with authors and oversaw proofreading and copyediting of 15-25 books per year, in such subjects as history, southern studies, and environmental studies, as well as select creative work
- Logged permissions paperwork and organized art for 10-15 books a year
- Acquired art and permissions for select projects (1-3 per year)
- Copyedited 1-4 books per year
- Served as managing editor during editor's maternity leave, and other absences
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2004-present |
Athens, GA
Freelance Copyeditor and Proofreader
- Copyedited texts for packaging house Black Dot (including texts for Pearson and Houghton Mifflin), Georgia State University's Welch Art Gallery, and assorted authors
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Proofread texts for packaging house Black Dot (including texts for Houghton Mifflin) and assorted authors
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2000-2001 |
Harcourt College Publishers Fort Worth, TX
Senior Project Editor
- Helped assess standard design elements for master key-marking list for implementation with XML
- Mentored an intern
- Acted as liaison with authors and oversaw proofreading and copyediting of 6 books per year plus ancillaries, mainly on the Spanish and English lists (but also on scattered Economics and Investments titles)
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1998-2000 |
Project Editor
- Mentored a new project editor
- Wrote and compiled survey regarding electronic editing for compositors
- Planned and coordinated a copyediting seminar for in-house and freelance staff
- Acted as liaison with authors and oversaw proofreading and copyediting of 6-9 books per year plus ancillaries, mainly on the Spanish and English lists (but also on scattered Economics and Investments titles)
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1997-1998 |
Associate Project Editor
- Aided in development of Project Editor Value-Added document
- Assisted project editors on key titles
- Oversaw the proofreading and copyediting of one-color Humanities books as well as several ancillaries
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1997 |
Keith Daniels and Associates Temporaries Los Angeles, CA
Temp
- Proofread for downtown legal firm on call
- Filed for Santa Monica legal firm
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1994-1997 |
University of Mississippi University, MS
Graduate Instructor in English
- Taught English 101 (Freshman Composition, Part 1)
- Taught English 102 (Freshman Composition, Part 2)
- Taught English 200 (Introduction to Literature)
- Developed course packets of exercises for English 101 and 102
- Established office hours to aid students
- Wrote syllabi
- Developed tests and essay assignments
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1997 |
Fiction Editor, Yalobusha Review
- Selected works of fiction to be published in literary journal
- Typeset the publication using PageMaker
- Contacted printers to attain bids
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1995-1997 |
WUMS University, MS
Radio Disc Jockey
- Disc-jockeyed various night and morning shifts
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1994 |
Barnes & Noble Bookstore Pasadena, CA
Clerk
- Bookkeeping (day sheets)
- Cashiering
- Special order assistant
- Shelving
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1990-1994 |
Hunter’s Books Pasadena, CA
Assistant Manager
- Mass paperback book buyer
- Accounting (petty cash and day sheets)
- Scheduling
- Clerk duties
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1988-1990 |
Clerk
- Cashier
- Aided customers with finding books
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SKILLS |
- Proficient in Microsoft Word XP; working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and HTML
- Strong writing skills—extensive college course work in creative, scholarly, and journalistic writing and editing
- Public speaking experience—four years high school speech club; club president 1987-1988
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND AWARDS |
- Quarterfinalist, Blue Cat Screenplay competition (2010)
- Semifinalist, Saint Lawrence Book Award (2007)
- GEM (Going the Extra Mile) award (2000), for work on Hodges’ Harbrace Handbook
- Ella Sommerville Award for Fiction, University of Mississippi (1995)
- First place, Poetry, Imperial High School (1988)
- First place, Speak Off, Imperial High School (1987)
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