Do you have a manuscript that needs another pair of eyes?
An "author's editor" with a PhD in cultural anthropology (Duke) and a BA in history (Wellesley College and the London School of Economics), I specialize in working with authors in the humanities and social sciences (including STS, the history of architecture and planning, art history, and ethnography). I can help with book chapters, entire book manuscripts, journal articles, and grant proposals. I also have experience with narrative nonfiction and memoir.
Recent manuscripts I have edited have been published by the University of Nebraska Press, Oxford University Press, Indiana University Press, Duke University Press, American Ethnologist, HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, BioSocieties, the Journal of Asian Studies, the International Journal of Communication, boundary 2, and World Development. I provide developmental and line editing for the journal Blue Papers: Water & Heritage for Sustainable Development.
“I cannot even wrap my head around all the different levels of editing that went into this entire process: grammar, proofreading, content, line, voice/flow, overhauling reference system, theoretical support, and oh yea, helping to capture my voice in the introduction.That introduction. I know how much work you put into it. You saved it.”
— Author after submitting the final draft of her first book
For 16 years I was a professor at a liberal arts college, where I taught writing-intensive courses in anthropology, women's and gender studies, environmental studies, and international studies. I published a monograph (with Duke University Press), an edited volume, and papers in books and journals. When I decided to leave academia, I took a course in manuscript editing at the University of Chicago's Graham School. I discovered I love editing: I love working with authors and texts and helping an author make a text as good as it can be. You can download my c.v. here.