Freelance Copyeditor/Proofreader
(1998–present)        
Worked as proofreader and copyeditor on manuscripts for both academic and trade publications.  Selected projects include:

Academic Publications

• Kirschke, Amy. "Romare Bearden's Early Collages." Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art catalogue, 2004.
• Maruta, K., M. Sugawara, Y. Shimada, and M. Yamaguchi. "Analysis of Optimum Sheet Resistance for Integrated Electromagnetic Noise Suppressors." IEEE Trans. Magn., vol. 42 (October 2006), 3377-3379.
• Miller, Tracy. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007.
• Zhang, Fan. "Reading Murals in the Eastern Mausoleum: The Qidan Construction of Ethnic Identity." Master's thesis, Vanderbilt University, 2004.

Trade Publications

• Alterman, Seymour L., M.D. How to Prevent, Control & Cure Diabetes: Minimize the Impact Diabetes Has on Your Life. New York: Ballantine, 2006.
• Gerber, Robin. Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way. New York: Penguin Putnam, 2004.
• King, Stephen. Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004.
• Drosnin, Michael. The Bible Code II. New York: Viking, 2002.
• Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal Guide to Who's Who and What's What on Wall Street. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998.

(June 2006)
Copyedited the Curriculum Standards Review, produced by University of Buffalo's English Language Institute for the New York State Board of Regents.  Responsibilities included reading for grammatical and factual errors as well as conforming all stylistic and design inconsistencies in a document created by a number of different administrators and instructors.

Special Projects Editor, LinguaFranca
1999–2001
Had primary responsibility for second edition of Lingua Franca’s Real Guide to Grad School (2001). Duties included reorganizing the structure and editorial content of book; hiring and supervising writers, copyeditors, and fact checkers; conducting historical research and follow-up interviews with professors and graduate students in twenty-seven disciplines; and extensive editing and rewriting of first edition. Also involved in supervision of design for print and Web editions.

Managing Editor, New York Resident
1999
Oversaw publication of Manhattan’s largest neighborhood paper, with four weekly editions and a circulation of 165,000. Duties included assigning and editing all stories for arts and entertainment section; helping to copyedit, fact check, and proof entire paper; supervising editorial and freelance staff; enforcing deadlines; and consulting with art department on layout.

Legal & Business Proofreader
1996–1998
Proofread legal and business documents and contracts for the law firm of O'Sullivan, Graev and Karabell, LLC, Manhattan, and the investment firm Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., Manhattan.

Editorial Assistant/Proofreader
1987–1989
Read, evaluated, and wrote reports on manuscripts; corresponded with authors and editors; consulted with art staff on book design; proofread manuscripts.

• Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
• The Journal of Fusion Energy, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA

Freelance Writer
1986–present
Write regularly on jazz, classical, and experimental music, in addition to articles on politics, personal essays, and travel features.  Publications include:

• JAZZIZ
• Newsday
• The Nation
• Chamber Music
• Greekworks.com
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Boston Phoenix Literary Section

Instructor
(2001–present)
Teach composition, grammar, reading, and conversational skills to international students at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

• English Language Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
• University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
• English Language Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

(Spring 1992)
Taught introductory fiction-writing workshop to A–merican undergraduates.

• University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

(1990–1996)
Taught first- and second-year German to American undergraduates; worked as a teaching assistant for courses on post-war German politics and Freud.

• University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Education
(1996)
M.A., Comparative Literature/German

• University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
• Heinrich Hertz Stipend for study abroad in Cologne, Germany

(1986)
A.L.B., Literature & Humanities, cum laude

• Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• Reginald Phelps Prize for Academic Achievement

References on request