Catherine Tumber Email & Phone Number

Author, Small, Gritty, and Green: The Promise of America's Smaller Industrial Cities in a Low-Carbon World (MIT Press, 2012)Freelance writer for publications such as The American Prospect, Architectural Record, The Baffler, Boston Review, Commonwealth Magazine, In These Times, and RaritanCurrent editorial clients include Massachusetts for a New Commonwealth and the Urban Institute

Boston, Massachusetts

Boston, Ma

Boston, Massachusetts

Co-author and project manager for major report on the Massachusetts Leisure, Hospitality, and Tourism industry.

Managed layout and design, art direction, copy editing, and website for national public policy and literary magazine; supervised four interns responsible for office management; developed familiarity with InDesign, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and various databases.

Held several positions at the Phoenix Media Communications Group, including staff editor, senior editor, and assistant managing editor. Wrote for PMCG publications and acted as copy chief, supervised staff editors and freelance editors and writers, and participated in editorial board vetting for political endorsements.

Co-editor and principal administrator for project to publish three-volume collection of writings by and correspondence with spiritual leader of the civil rights movement in the 1930s and ’40s. Responsibilities included hiring and supervising a staff of twelve; fundraising ($718, 500 from The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Lilly Endowment, Inc., and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission); grant management and reporting; designing website, brochures, and 60,000-document database; conducting historical research, oral history interviews, and archival processing across the country; engaged in board development and film consulting.

Specialized in records of civilian social agencies and legislative archives.

Ph.D., U.S. Social And Cultural History

M.A., U.S. Social And Cultural History

B.A., Social Thought And Political Economy