Kellen Welch Email & Phone Number

I copy edited articles for Dialogismos, "a fully refereed, open-access academic journal published annually by the Graduate School of Theology" at OCU, according to the in-house style guide (a modified version of Turabian). The process involved working with a co-editor and doing multiple rounds of edits.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Via Submittable I evaluated submissions in a variety of genres - poetry, prose, academic research, creative nonfiction, screenplays, visual art, and audio & visual art. In the most fun but also most chaotic project I ever worked on, we mass-edited the written submissions in Google Docs, arguing in the comments over comma placements and whether or not "bioluminescent" really was the most correct word in this context (I maintain that "bioluminescence" worked better). We also edited blog posts in the same way, and I was able to use my Starbucks barista knowledge to correct errors in a piece about coffee. There was always plenty of work to do, so I got to try my hand at a lot of things: making social media graphics, writing acceptance/rejection letters, brainstorming blog titles, finding free-to-use images, corresponding with artists, and uploading copy to our Wordpress site.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

For my final semester with Soundings, I led a team of two other staff members to launch our first imprint: Resonance Publications. Our mission was to solicit works on the theme "an experience that changed your life" and publish the best in an electronic zine. I drafted our call for submissions, created social media graphics, and together with my staff publicized the call, evaluated the submissions, and edited the accepted works. Once revisions were complete, I designed the manuscript and added the zine to our website: soundingsliterary.wordpress.com/recent-publications/As my time with Soundings drew to a close, I wrote a blog post about how the experience had shaped me:soundingsliterary.wordpress.com/2021/11/14/reflections-on-a-soundings-career/

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

This description is difficult to write as it's more a question of what *didn't* I do. Let's start with the obvious: As senior editor, I was in charge of directing the production of our 2021 journal. Toward that end, I hired and managed about a dozen staff members whose roles ranged from events coordination to blog writing to graphic design. My first challenge was to secure enough funds, as COVID was wreaking havoc on our campus and made our most lucrative fundraisers impossible. With help from my two directors, I brainstormed pandemic-friendly events, researched grants, commissioned merchandise, and landed a grant from our student government association. As the directors and I worked on our funding issues, I kept the rest of my staff busy promoting the arts on campus. We held monthly contests, organized an open mic night, and released the 2020 journal (which had been delayed under the previous editor because of, you guessed it, COVID). During this time, our social media manager had to resign, and I took over our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram platforms until I could hire a replacement.Finally, the real work began. I created a Google Form with our call for submissions and had the marketing staff publicize it. One by one, and then all at once, the 250+ submissions rolled in. Over the next few months, my staff and I evaluated each piece and passionately debated its acceptance. Once the submissions were processed, I created a timeline of each step the editing and design teams would need to take to produce the journal and assigned a deadline to each. Creating the journal required a lot of back-and-forth between teams, so I used Google Sheets to keep track of where each piece was in the publishing process and keep everyone aware of their deadlines. When the proof was ready, I did a final copy edit, and we went to print.I'm so proud of my team and how the journal turned out - check it out here: soundingsliterary.wordpress.com/recent-publications/

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

I provided administrative support to the senior editor. This included tracking finances, making budget reports, liaising with vendors, copy editing the journal, writing promotional copy, and whatever else she needed.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

I wrote 400-600w blog posts related to language and literature, visible here: soundingsliterary.wordpress.com/blog/ (Use widget to show posts from September 2018 - April 2019.)My other duties as a staff member included evaluating and advocating for submissions and manning tables at events.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

During each 30- or 45-minute session, I gave one-on-one advice to students from all kinds of academic backgrounds facing all kinds of problems. Whether a new student confused about MLA; an ESL student needing help with grammar, spelling, and/or pronunciation; a foreign exchange student brushing up on the cultural context of American literature; a senior unsure which direction to take their final paper; or someone else with any number of school-related queries, I was there to give a morale boost and some expert advice. During the worst of the pandemic, these sessions occurred over Blackboard Collaborate and Google Meet.Outside of tutoring, I followed up with students, continually researched best practices for our center, and ran workshops (topics included grammar tips, tracking success as a writing center, and methods of research and paper writing). I also had new tutors shadow me as part of their training.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

I worked with incarcerated youth via Google Docs to improve their poetry and nonfiction.

Summer Publishing Institute, Publishing

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, English/Writing

Activities and Societies: Secretary of Sigma Tau Delta: Rho Mu chapter, Member of Phi Omega Nu

Education record