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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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