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Joan Dunayer has been a professional editor for more than two decades. She has edited research papers, dissertations, journal articles, magazine articles, and books on a wide range of topics, including psychology, language, literature, education, politics, and medicine.
A graduate of Princeton University, Joan has master’s degrees in psychology, English education, and English literature. She has taught writing to high school, college, and university students. At the University of Pennsylvania, Joan taught classes on preparing psychology reports in APA format. In addition to being an expert in APA style, Joan is thoroughly familiar with Chicago and MLA styles.
Joan also has written professionally. Her articles and essays have appeared in magazines, journals, textbooks, and anthologies. Most of her writing has focused on literature, language, psychology, philosophy, and politics. For example, she has written the commentaries for new editions of twenty-one literary classics.
James N. Powell, with MA degrees in both English Literature and Religious Studies, is a former Professor of English Literature. He has been editing, coaching, and tutoring writers and students for years. He was inhouse APA proofreader of doctoral dissertations at the Fielding University. He excels at working with international / ESL students. Specializing in APA and MLA styles, he has proofread hundreds of doctoral dissertations and papers. He is an internationally published writer, with books issued by major houses: Prentice Hall, William Morrow, and Hosei University Press (Japan).
Brandy Foster is an APA style guru and an expert proofreader, copy editor, and grant writer who has over seven year's professional freelance experience perfecting documents and exceeding clients' expectations. Her teaching experience in writing centers and college classrooms qualifies her to work with writers with varying abilities, including developmental writers, non-native speakers/writers of English, and students requiring special accommodations. Brandy has edited numerous theses and dissertations from the proposal stage to the final draft, and has helped doctoral students publish their dissertations as books. She is skilled in providing clear feedback, diagnosing and correcting issues of clarity, style, and organization, and ensuring correct citation and document formatting. She can improve any academic writing project, including theses, dissertations, articles, proposals, presentations, and scholarly books; she can also enhance résumés or award nominations to get her clients the recognition they deserve.
She is an expert grant writer and has written grants totaling nearly $50 million. She excels in APA or MLA style formatting, and has editing expertise in the following fields: Engineering, Physical Sciences, Educational Leadership, History, Political Science, Psychology and Social Sciences, Philosophy, and English Literature and Composition. Her clients love to work with her because she not only improves their writing, she also helps them to become better writers.
"Her knowledge about APA format was superb. In addition she formatted the table of contents so that it updated with each heading and page number which, made it much easier for me She was very friendly and complimentary." Michelle Plecha
Jennifer Kennedy offers nearly a decade of copyediting, proofreading, and fact-checking experience helping authors polish scholarly texts and journal articles. Her topics of expertise include science, medicine, and law. She has worked on full-length texts on medical genetics and journals such as The American Journal of Dermatopathology, Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, and The Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition. She also worked on Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' Current Opinion series, which covers a wide range of medical/science topics from cardiology to oncology. In addition to AMA style, she has also mastered APA, MLA, and Chicago styles. She graduated with an undergraduate degree in English/Professional Writing, then went on to law school, where she focused on copyright law. She approaches each project with the goal of keeping the author's voice and message intact while communicating as effectively as possible with the intended reader.
Carol Levine, has
B.A. and M.A. degrees in
English Language and
Literature from the
University of Michigan
and more than 25 years
of experience as a
writer, editor, English
instructor, writing
coach, and APA format
expert. As the Writing
Specialist for the
University of Phoenix
for 17 years, she worked
extensively with
students in the Master
of Counseling, Master of
Education, and MBA
programs. Carol also
developed and conducted
numerous workshops on
the use of APA format
for University of
Phoenix students and
faculty members (e.g.,
The ABCs of APA; APA
Formatting: From Soup to
Nuts; APA: Changes in
the Fifth
Edition Manual) and
earned the unofficial
title of "APA Queen."
Carol is not only an
APA format expert. She
is also a meticulous
proofreader who takes
pride in spotting errors
that are overlooked by
spell check programs, as
well as a skilled editor
with a vocabulary that
enables her to complete
the Sunday New York
Times crossword puzzle.
She is highly efficient,
never misses a deadline,
and is comfortable doing
either paper or
electronic editing.
"Carol was
exceptionally diligent
in her work. She was
in constant contact
with me over the time
she was working on my
paper and finished the
work several days
ahead of schedule. She
paid great attention
to detail, catching a
couple redundancies I
had missed, as well as
some inconsistencies,
which were beyond the
scope of the APA
compliance I was
looking for." Doctoral
candidate at Nova
Southeastern
University. Contact
information on request
Herbert M. Levine, holds a Ph.D. in public
law and government from
Columbia University. He
taught political science
for twenty years at the
University of
Southwestern Louisiana (USL)
(now the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette).
He taught courses in
American government,
international relations,
arms control, U.S.
foreign policy, and
introduction to
politics.
His publications
include thirty-five
books and more than
seventy-five articles.
His books consist of
college texts, a
university press book,
trade books, and
young-adult books. The
subject matter of these
books includes American
government, state and
local government, world
politics, arms control,
state and local
government, public
administration, civil
liberties, terrorism,
gun control, illegal
drugs, immigration, and
other topics. His
articles have appeared
in newspapers,
magazines, journals, and
reference books
(including an
encyclopedia). From 1999-2001 he served as a
consultant for a book
project on
counterterrorism and
helped evaluate and edit
the work of authors of
chapters that appeared
in the book.
He has edited
numerous doctoral
dissertations. Dr.
Levine is an expert in
APA format and Chicago
writing styles.
"Dr. Levine was excellent – provided me with feedback very quickly, and was very helpful. Should have used this service 6 months ago – saved an enormous amount of stress as I was seriously considering shelving my thesis!! I also really appreciate the fact that he is there to support if anything should come back after the review -- realizing this is not likely to happen but it is nice to know you have an advocate." Lynda Wilson-Hare
Suzanne Manness, Ph.D., is an English
professor who teaches
APA, MLA, Chicago/
Turabian, Harvard, AMA,
and AAA documentation
styles in her research
writing classes. She has
edited many college
textbooks and
professional articles
and has extensive
experience in editing,
proofreading, and
formatting theses and
dissertations. She
specializes in
proofreading and
formatting articles for
APA journals. She is
known for a special
ability to help
international / ESL
students, her attention
to detail, and her quick
turnaround time.
"[RG] just emailed me. My dissertation has been accepted.You did an excellent job editing my dissertation. Your knowledge of APA
5th edition, Nova Southeastern University dissertation guidelines, and
your commitment to quick turnaround are just a few of your many
talents. Thank you for all of your help and assistance. I will be eternally grateful." Donna Gottardi
Holly Monty, M.A.Ling., M.A.Comm., is a proven APA and Chicago style expert and has been a professional editor and writer for 10 years, 5 of those in a full-time freelance capacity. She specializes in academic manuscripts (journal articles and theses) and in whole-book preparation for publication (from content through copyediting and formatting), whether the manuscript is being submitted to publishers or self-published.
Since operating as a freelance editor and writer, Ms. Monty, a Microsoft Word expert, has worked on books and articles published by many of the world's leading publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, MIT Press, John Wiley, Springer, Lawrence Erlbaum, Pearson-Prentice Hall, Berg, Macmillan, Berkshire, American Geophysical Union, Praeger, Greenwood, Blackwell, Elsevier, Sage, Begell House, Teacher Ideas Press, Libraries Unlimited, UTH Zürich, RAND Corporation, PRMIA, Self-Improvement Online, and other top names in academic and nonfiction publishing. To date, she has edited over 1,000 published journal articles, 90 nonfiction books, and a wealth of dissertations and theses.
Emily Randall received her training in APA style directly from the source! She worked at the American Psychological Association for 6 years, first as an abstracter and indexer for the PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES databases and later as an editor for APA Journals. Emily has edited and proofread articles for such well-respected titles as Developmental Psychology; Educational Psychology; Professional Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience;Psychology of Addictive Behaviors; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; American Journal of Audiology; and Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, and she has extensive experience with reference lists, tables, and statistics. Emily enjoys working closely with authors to improve the readability of their text, addressing grammar and punctuation along with clarity of ideas, while being careful not to change the author's intended meaning. She has worked with many international authors for whom English is a second language.
With a bachelor's degree in psychology and master's in communications, Emily is a skilled writer and editor who is well versed in the social and behavioral sciences. In addition to APA format, she specializes in MLA style and has written web copy and white papers in the areas of medicine and public health. She understands the demands facing today's students and professionals and will deliver timely assistance and concise feedback to help clients reach their goals.
Nancy Rosenbaum's experience includes writing and editing materials (functional specs, users guides, administrators guides, release notes, data sheets, quick reference guides, training material, help text, test plans with use cases) for commercial software and hardware companies, as well as the internal IT departments of pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, and consulting companies. Nancy hs also written and edited multi-volume permit applications, operating guides, hazard communications standards, and emergency response procedures for environmental engineering and remediation companies. Nancy ensures each document is targeted to its audience, maximizing the document's impact and usability.
Business and technical: policies and procedures, business correspondence, grants and proposals, executive summaries, bios and resumes, case studies, brochures, direct mail copy
"She is simple fantastic! I was simply astounded at her attention to detail. That, coupled with her delivery before schedule and careful explanation for all changes, instilled in me an incredible amount of confidence in her work. Nancy has succeeded in playing a major part in one of my most significant accomplishments so I feel a very special kindred spirit with her. "
Known for her quick turnaround time and attention to
detail, Melissa Simpson specializes in proofreading, copyediting, and APA and MLA styles. In addition to
addressing issues of organization, grammar, usage, and style, Melissa has a
knack for "tightening up" a document by making sure it is clear and concise.
She can also format headings and page numbers and create tables of contents at
a client's request and always double-checks that parenthetical references parallel
the references/works cited section of a document. She is skilled at ensuring
that documents not only comply with the APA or MLA style guides but also with a
university-specific guide, if applicable.
Melissa's 10+ years of editing experience is based
on a B.A. in English from Hendrix College, where she
graduated summa cum laude with
distinction, and an M.A. in English from Texas Woman's University. She has also
worked as a technical writer and has taught various writing and literature
courses on both the high school and college levels for over 15 years in both
traditional and online classrooms. Her editing work includes numerous
proposals, textbooks, dissertations, theses, academic papers, technical
documents, and journal articles on a broad range of subjects, including
education, psychology, nursing, business, government, speech pathology,
literature, philosophy, economics, and art. She is skilled at meeting the needs
of ESL students as well.
An accomplished writer herself, Melissa has published
many articles and a biography of Southern author Flannery O'Connor. She is
currently a community editor with Little Rock Family magazine, an award-winning magazine for families in central Arkansas.
A. J. Sobczak is an editor,
proofreader, and writer
(business writing,
business methods,
business history,
communication, literary
analysis) with more than
20 years of experience
in the publishing
industry. He works
directly with authors of
academic articles and
books as well as working
for publishers. As an
in-house editor for
Salem Press (6 years)
and freelance editor for
Sage Publications (since
1993), along with work
for University of
California Press,
ABC-CLIO, Rowman &
Littlefield, and other
clients, he has edited
dozens of books and
journals in various
topics in the social and
hard sciences, including
economics, research
methods, mathematics,
political science,
psychology, business and
management, supply chain
theory, and history.
He is an expert in
APA and Chicago styles
and is many publishers' freelance editor of
choice for books with
heavy math content. His
writing on business and
economics has appeared
in several reference
volumes, and he is the
editor of and a
contributor to Great
Events from History II:
Business and Commerce,
containing approximately
500 articles on critical
events in 20th-century
business history.
"A.J. was fast and efficient. His price was competitive and his level of editing was just what I needed for my comp exam. I would work with him in the future.” Margaret Clausen, doctoral student, California Institute of Integral Studies
Donald Wells has more than 18 years
experience as an editor
and writer. He has
edited for and written
with accountants,
agriculture researchers,
economists, educational
researchers, educational
psychologists,
engineers, historians,
lawyers, Master's
students, nurse
researchers,
nutritionists, PhD
candidates,
philosophers, political
scientists,
psychiatrists,
psychologists,
sociologists, soil
scientists, UN experts,
university professors,
and veterinarians. He
has edited more than 200
published journal
articles, some of which have won awards, many
dissertations and
theses, annotated
bibliographies,
reference books,
textbooks, and academic,
engineering, government,
and scientific reports.
He is an expert in
APA style, Chicago
Manual of Style, and MLA
format and is familiar
with AMA. He has
extensive experience
with ESL writers. Don is
dedicated to maintaining
the individual voice of
the writer, and he
follows two rules of
style: A document must
be clear and concise. He
has found that these two
rules of style produce
documents that are
elegant and
professional.
"Very prompt in his work and professional in tone. The assistance with APA formatting saved me hours of effort that will allow me to get to the defense of this dissertation at least 3 weeks sooner than if I had done it on my own. The gist of the document remained mine to complete, but Don’s assistance made for a clearer, more concise document." Contact information on request
"I had a very unfortunate contract end with another editing service that did not perform nor consider my timelines for my dissertation proposal. I received an immediate phone call from the network coordinator. She provided me with a consultant referral. Within hours, I received a response ... [my editor] went above and beyond in her services. Her guidance and expertise was exact and accurate. She was professional in her communication style, but demonstrated her sensitivity and compassion towards my circumstances. Her contract was easy to understand and specific to the tasks. I am forever grateful to the network; their ethics and standards extend beyond industry standards." Cheryl Moore, PhD Candidate, Capella University
" I used another editing service for my proposal and I wish I had used Suzanne instead. She is such a great editor. The services were affordable and fast. I was approved the first time with my dissertation, and I truly believe that her editing along with a great committee were the key to my success. Not only is she kind, she is personable. Suzanne took great care in ensuring that my dissertation met UOP’s rigorous standards. I would recommend her services to anyone in need of a great editor!" Kimberly Pierre, doctoral student, University of Phoenix
"Holly was FANTASTIC. She was SO thorough and submitted everything back to me earlier than I needed it! Even after she was done with the edit, I had some questions, and she was very speedy in her responses. I appreciate that she took time to answer my questions. She really went above and beyond! My paper not only needed to follow APA guidelines, but my university had guidelines as well. She did both perfectly."
—Nicole Foster, Trinity International University.
"Brandy Foster was phenomenal – she really knew her stuff and finished in an extremely timely manner. I will 100% use her again for the second phase of this project." Tracy Feiertag, University of Phoenix
"A.J. did a fantastic job. Not only did he find the APA errors, he actually read what I was saying. He returned my work quickly, and provided as much feedback and interaction as I needed. I would also add that I could have found a cheaper price elsewhere, but experience with on-line editing has taught me that getting the cheapest editing isn't worth the money." G. Mahoney (contact info on request)
"Just a note to let you know that my dissertation was approved today, so again thank you for your help and I will definitely tell my friends about your excellent services. You are a true professional." Miriam Golbert, Nova University
"The editing that Denise did on my thesis was excellent. Her understanding of the APA guidelines was a huge help to me. Initially I was worried about the cost and reluctant to engage in the word count costing model. In the end it cost me less than another editor who was not as familiar with the guidelines. I will use Denise and the network for all future work." Sandy Smith, Bastyr University
"Overall this is a very nice service. The work was done to more than my satisfaction, and the services went over and above what I expected. The consultant saved me about a week to 10 days worth of work considering my very busy schedule." Dave Wickman ERAU / UTC employee
"Being a full-time teacher and student, my life is extremely stressful. Perfecting work for my Ph.D. program is time-consuming and quite intensive. Suzanne helped to alleviate much of my stress and allowed me to finally get some much needed rest! She was very patient and helpful during the review process of my paper. Her review of my paper was first-rate and her response time was quick. She was also prompt in all emails sent to her concerning any questions that I had. My dissertation proposal is on its way for the IRB approval. I must thank Suzanne for her hard work, dedication and expertise with APA writing." Dawn Adams, internship coordinator, Wheeler High School
"Joan did a very thorough review of my dissertation. Her expertise in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and most importantly APA formatting was invaluable to me. I would definitely use Joan again." — (Contact information on request)
"Dr. Levine was excellent – provided me with feedback very quickly, and was very helpful. Should have used this service 6 months ago – saved an enormous amount of stress as I was seriously considering shelving my thesis!! I also really appreciate the fact that he is there to support if anything should come back after the review -- realizing this is not likely to happen but it is nice to know you have an advocate." Lynda Wilson-Hare
See each editor's bio page for additional information and feedback
Why hire a professional
APA editor?
Writing a thesis or dissertation is usually difficult, a process that often becomes overpowering because the degree-seeking candidate must prepare a paper according to the format and style specified in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association--which a college or university frequently modifies or supplements. An academic editor who specializes in formatting per the APA manual can eliminate hours or days of frustration.
What is APA style?
APA consists of writing conventions and detailed, unconventional rules for presenting text, tables, and figures. APA's stylistically finicky rules refer to all aspects of writing and formatting formal papers, including specific requirements for aligning and spacing text, presenting and labeling figures and tables, and citing entries in the reference section.
What is the role of the APA editor?
The editor prepares your paper to conform to APA style and to accepted academic standards for grammar, spelling, academic style, and word usage. In addition, the editor decreases your paper's wordiness, eliminates sexist language and slang, and ensures that you are using active voice and present or past tense appropriately, according to the 6th edition of the APA manual. Quotations are checked for their inclusion in the reference section. Without the help of an APA expert, the majority of student papers include scores of errors in citing books, periodicals, conference or symposia proceedings, and works from electronic media.
Final thoughts
Don't agonize over what to italicize or how to correctly punctuate sentences. Instead, use your time to research, collect data, and prepare a working draft of your paper, and let your APA editor attend to the nitty-gritty details of polishing your paper. Surprise your faculty advisor or committee by submitting a well-crafted APA paper. You will spend a few dollars--but you will not waste hours trying to find the sentence in the 439-page APA manual that explains how to cite references downloaded from the World Wide Web or whether to write "percent" or insert its symbol. Hire an APA editor and avoid all the aggravation. Save time and effort; life is too short.
Why Choose Us?
Our editors are not merely competent, or even highly competent.
They're experts.
This freelance network was formed to screen out unqualified editors and to promote the services of proven editing professionals.
We're known (and infamous)for the
2% pass rate on our APA editing test
No trainees. No exceptions.
Out of every 100 APA "experts" who take our tests, only 2 pass with a score of 100% Those editors are posted here.
You work directly with the editor you select. There is no online form for monitored communications and no "gatekeeper" who blocks contact with your editor.
Each editor's feedback is posted, and the names are real. We don't post anonymous feedback or use initials.
APA Formatting and Style Guide: The Owl at Purdue. Revised according to the 6th edition of the APA manual. Offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page.
Disclaimers
1. Your agreement, whether oral or written, is with your thesis or dissertation editor/consultant, not with the network as a whole or its coordinator.
2. It is the client's responsibility to review all work completed to ensure accuracy and adherence to specifications.
3. We do not write or sell dissertations, theses, term papers, or essays. We will, however, polish your draft. The final product will be yours — legitimately.
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