Master of Arts in Education - Secondary School Teaching, English
December 1994
The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Endorsement in Gifted EducationBachelor of Arts in English, with Distinction in General Scholarship
December 1992
University of California - Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Performed copyediting and proofreading for multiple manuscripts for the following clients (for titles, see JM Editorial's Past Projects page):
- ASCD Books, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (Alexandria, VA)
- Parmenides Publishing (Las Vegas, NV)
- Scholarly Resources, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
- The Lyons Press (New York, NY)
- University of California Press (Berkeley, CA)
- Halfmoon Books (New York, NY)
In addition, served the following functions for these clients:
The Ross School (East Hampton, NY)
NASA Microgravity Outreach Office (Hampton, VA)
- Acted as curriculum editor, gathering teacher-developed materials and students' examples and preparing them for publication
- Copyedited articles for Microgravity News (later Space Research), a quarterly newsletter chronicling NASA-sponsored scientific activities performed onboard the space shuttle and in other venues
- Copyedited other publications, including the Microgravity Research Program Annual Report and various World Wide Web pages
- Researched and wrote articles for publication on the World Wide Web concerning NASA-sponsored shuttle experiments in the areas of combustion science, fluid physics, and fundamental physics
Ark Multimedia Publishing (Hampton, VA)
- Edited text for Microgravity Explorer, an educational CD-ROM for fifth to eighth grade, for scientific, technical, and grammatical accuracy
- Researched and wrote text describing the International Space Station for use in the CD-ROM
- Proofread text changes made by CD-ROM contributors
Tinsley-Metters Communications (Hampton, VA)
- Edited Homecoming magazine, a bimonthly publication targeting the alumni of historically Black colleges and universities
NASA Microgravity Outreach Office (Hampton University, Hampton, VA)
Technical Writer, February 1996-August 1998
- Interviewed subjects and conducted research on the Internet to author articles for Microgravity News (see above for a description of this publication)
- Assembled material, written and photographic, for an annual report on NASA's Advanced Technology Development Program and edited submissions for clarity, style, and consistency
- Coordinated the development of an educational CD-ROM featuring activities in a simulated microgravity environment targeted at fifth- to eighth-grade students
- Produced written material regarding experiments taking place onboard the space shuttle for informational viewgraphs used in comprehensive presentations by NASA officials
- Copyedited written material produced by all members of the Microgravity Outreach team for style and consistency
Earthquake Engineering Research Center Library (Richmond, CA)
Student Clerk, September 1990-December 1992
- Proofread and copyedited the Abstract Journal of Earthquake Engineering
- Maintained card catalog and prepared for conversion from manual card catalog to online catalog
Center for Gifted Education (Williamsburg, VA)
Coordinator, Summer Enrichment Program, July 1995-August 1995
Teacher, Summer/Saturday Enrichment Program, "Writing for Fun and Profit," August 1995; "Writers' Workshop," October-November 1996; "Life on the Internet," January-March 1998The Princeton Review (Williamsburg, VA)
Teacher, SAT and GRE Preparation Courses, June 1994-June 1996Swem Library, The College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA)
Office Services Specialist, Fiscal Assistant, June 1994-June 1995Child Development Resources (Lightfoot, VA)
Assistant to the Director of Development, May 1994-July 1995