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As an Editorial Coordinator, I was responsible for assisting in all stages of book and journal development. My primary responsibilities were related to the coordination of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS), "the #1 most-read journal in Orthopaedic Surgery" (Source: Kantar Media Medical/Surgical Readership Data, June 2017). I was tasked with coordinating editorial and blinded peer review, manuscript and art tracking, and manuscript formatting. I analyzed text and figures in suspected cases of plagiarism and duplicative publishing. Manuscript and decision processing fell under my purview, as did the author submission invitation and notification processes, and the maintenance of the manuscript submission websites. I worked with colleagues to train temporary staff in the intake and processing of journal manuscripts for JAAOS, updated training documents as necessary, provided software training for permanent staff, and resolved software issues as needed.

My primary role as a Publications Assistant was to coordinate the invitation, manuscript intake, and review processes for the department's book projects to ensure that they stayed on track to meet publication deadlines. The projects I worked on had competing deadlines and required follow-up with authors, meticulous adherence to the tracking protocol, and frequent reporting/communication with stakeholders within the organization and physician volunteers located throughout the United States and internationally. Additionally, I was responsible for customizing submission websites to meet project needs and train temporary staff to ensure the continued success of the department's projects.

I assisted the Publications Department in the development and production of the Academy's book products. My primary responsibility was to facilitate the editorial process by formatting manuscripts, tracking author forms and artwork permission requests, and communicating with authors to obtain missing manuscript components.

While serving as a research assistant, I was responsible for explaining project objectives to potential participants, collecting visitor surveys via random sampling, and uploading completed surveys.

As a Graduate Writing Tutor, I was tasked with assisting clients at all levels of writing proficiency in understanding assignment prompts and identifying grammatical and stylistic issues. Higher order questions were also addressed, specifically related to clarity, organization, and project development.

My primary responsibility as a Graduate Teaching Assistant was to provide course support to the Biological Anthropologists in the Anthropology Department. Assigned tasks included grading papers and quizzes, proctoring laboratory sessions, providing course lectures, developing test questions, and reviewing course materials with students in preparation for exams.

I facilitated the day-to-day operations by providing back-up for all clerical and administrative staff, scheduling surgical procedures and communicating protocol to patients, and coordinating the patient and surgical schedules for eight physicians. Additionally, I was responsible for obtaining prior authorization for surgical procedures and imaging services, composing correspondence, and accurate data entry. My experience with electronic medical records includes EPIC, PowerChart, and E-Clinical Works.

As an intern at the Field Museum of Natural History, I assisted the Division of Science and Education, Mammals Collection Collections Manager, Prepatory Lab Manager, and the collection faculty and visiting faculty by preparing skin and skeletal material to be housed in the permanent museum collection. Additional responsibilities included providing assistance related to cataloging specimens collected in the field, communicating educational information about the preparation laboratory to visitors, and data entry.

My primary responsibility was submitting electronic and paper third party insurance claims and processing insurance payments. I Coordinated the billing for the Federal Probation Program, followed-up on delayed claims, and answered client account questions.

Supervised a staff of eight individuals in the Medical Records Department during the afternoon shift. Responsibilities included staff management, chart location troubleshooting, and task scheduling.

As a Medical Records Clerk, I was responsible for patient chart maintenance, location tracking, chart and report filing, and prompt delivery of medical records for the specialty center.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Physical And Biological Anthropology, Gpa: 4.0/4.0

Graduate Thesis: Balancing the Scales: Diurnal Temporal Varriation in the Feeding and Foraging Behavior of Saguinus fuscicollis. Awarded.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physical And Biological Anthropology, Gpa: 3.95/4.0 Suma Cum Laude

Undergraduate Thesis: Chronic Pain and Biomedicine: the Struggle to Assert Agency and Idendity One semester internship at the Field Museum.