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Oversee the production of six journals for the American Phytopathological Society.

Eagan, Mn

Edited journal articles (and for some journals, performed all the production work). Journals included three publications from the American Phytopathological Society (Plant Disease, Plant Health Progress, and PhytoFrontiers), Cereal Chemistry from the Cereals & Grains Association, the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists, and the Technical Quarterly of the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.

Honor: District 6 Toastmaster of the Year, 2011-2012Selected Toastmasters offices:District 6 Newsletter Chair for 5 yearsArea Director for Area 1, District 6, 2012-2013Co-chair of the Toastmasters District 6 Spring Convention, April 20-21, 2012.Chair, District 6 Toastmasters Education and Leadership Institute (TELI), 2010-2011VP Membership, Word Masters, 2009-2010President, Word Masters, 2010-2011VP Public Relations, Word Masters, 2011-2012Co-VP Education, Saturday Morning Live! Toastmasters, 2011-2012

Skillful with words and attentive to detail. Any level of service, from proofreading through complete rewrites. Broad knowledge base; constantly learning. Reputation for catching mistakes that other people miss. Comfortable with a wide range of materials. Especially interested in working on books (including self-published ones), business materials, dissertations and theses, and websites.

Proofread and distributed electronic newsletters and event invitations to members. Handled registrations for monthly events. Maintained organization's database.

Extremely varied work in a fast-paced marketing research environment. Duties performed changed substantially from year to year. Editing-related experience includes surveys, proposals, presentations, reports, staff bios, and internal and client-facing newsletters. Experience coordinating translations and proofreading surveys in languages other than English.

Oversaw department that transcribed and proofread survey comments. Managed work flow to meet deadlines, maintained editing standards, and followed client specifications. After promotion to Account Coordinator, continued as company’s editing resource.

Research assistantship at the Center for Austrian Studies. Assistant Editor for the Austrian History Yearbook, an annual academic journal focusing on Central European history. Also worked on the Center's other publications. Copyedited and proofread quarterly newsletter, brochures, advertisements, annual reports, and working papers.

English (Further Graduate Work)

Ma, English

Ba, English

Activities and Societies: Grinnell-in-London, fall 1987Courses taken outside of English major include Linear Algebra, Series.

Copyediting And Proofreading

Participated in Editorial Bootcamp, an intensive daylong copyediting and proofreading course. Information at www.editorialbootcamp.com.