Freelance Writer
(1986–present)
The Nation, www.Greekworks.com, JAZZIZ, Chamber Music, The Tennessean, Lingua Franca, Newsday, Signal to Noise: The Journal of Improvised & Experimental Music, The Boston Phoenix Literary Section, Boston Business Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Poetry Flash, Working Media
—Write regularly on jazz, classical, and experimental music, including reviews, interviews, and feature articles, as well as a chapter on musicology programs for the first edition of Lingua Franca's Real Guide to Grad School. Published political commentaries on the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Cyprus. Have written book, theater, and film reviews, as well as opinion pieces and features on a wide variety of topics.

Translator
(1993–present)
—Currently translating from the German Ein Flaneur im alten Peking, by Ce Shaozhen.
—Translated "Toleranz und Bildung," by Professor Clemens Menze, Philosophisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln, Germany. The essay was included in Bildung—Schule—Toleranz: Dokumente des Abschlußsymposiums des Europäischen Forschungsprojekts "Islam in Schulbüchern" (Universität zu Köln, 1993).

Guest Editor
(November 2003)
www.NewMusicBox.org
—Produced a special edition of the American Music Center's web magazine on the topic of Music and Politics. Wrote the introductory page, "The Politics of Unquiet," and did the feature interview with singer and composer Diamanda Galás, as well as shorter interviews with a number of contemporary composers and musicians, including Kronos Quartet founder David Harrington, jazz clarinetist Don Byron, and saxophonist Archie Shepp. Commissioned and edited the feature article, "Making Marx in the Music," by Kyle Gann.

Freelance Copyeditor/Proofreader    
(1998–present) 
Ballantine Books, New York
Viking Penguin, New York
—Worked as proofreader and copyeditor on manuscripts for trade publication, in addition to working on a number of academic projects. Selected titles include:

• Alterman, Seymour L., M.D. How to Prevent, Control & Cure Diabetes: Minimize the Impact Diabetes Has on Your Life. New York: Ballantine, 2006.
• King, Stephen. Wizard and Glass: The Dark Tower IV. New York: Viking Penguin, 2004.
• Miller, Tracy. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007.
• 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.
• Wall Street Journal. Wall Street Journal Guide to Who's Who and What's What on Wall Street. New York: Ballantine Books, 1998.

Special Projects Editor
(1999-2001)
Lingua Franca, New York
—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
(1999)
New York Resident
—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)
O'Sullivan, Graev and Karabell, LLC, Manhattan
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc., Manhattan
—Proofread legal and business documents and contracts.

Editorial Assistant/Proofreader
(1987–89)
Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA
The Journal of Fusion Energy, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA
—Read, evaluated, and wrote reports on manuscripts; corresponded with authors and editors; consulted with art staff on book design; proofread manuscripts.

Language Instructor
(2001–present)
English Language Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
English Language Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
— Teach composition, grammar, reading, and conversational skills to international students at beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels.

(1990–1996)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
—Taught introductory fiction-writing workshop to American undergraduates.
—Taught first- and second-year German to American undergraduates; worked as a teaching assistant for courses on post-war German politics and Freud.

Education
(1996)
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

• M.A., Comparative Literature/German
• Heinrich Hertz Stipend for study abroad in Cologne, Germany

(1986)
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

• A.L.B., Literature & Humanities, cum laude
• Reginald Phelps Prize for Academic Achievement

References on request