Herbert M. Levine focuses on nonfiction books and articles. Publishers of books include St. Martin's Press, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall, M.E. Sharpe, Franklin Watts, Wadsworth, Regnery, and the University of North Texas Press. His books consist of trade books for the general public, college texts, a biography, and young adult publications. The subject matter of these books includes American government, state and local government, world politics, terrorism, arms control, state and local government, public administration, civil liberties, gun control, illegal drugs, chemical and biological weapons, and immigration. His articles have appeared in newspapers, magazines, journals, and reference books (including an encyclopedia). From 1999-2004 he served as a consultant for book projects on counterterrorism and evaluated and edited the work of academics and former government officials that appeared in these works. He holds a Ph.D. in public law and government from Columbia University. He taught courses in American government, international relations, arms control, U.S. foreign policy, and introduction to politics.
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.
Ron Marmarelli is
a published biographer
and historian, a former
newspaper journalist,
and a university
professor who has been
working as a freelance
editor for more than
three years. He is
skilled in the use of MLA format, Chicago/Turabian,
and APA style and has
edited numerous
dissertations and
theses, journal
articles, and various
other works of
nonfiction. He has
taught university
courses in writing and
editing for more than 20
years, has written more
than 20 biographical
articles for major
reference works, and has
written articles,
essays, and book reviews
for anthologies and
journals. He has
bachelor's and master's
degrees in journalism
and has done doctoral
work in American
studies.
Louise O'Donaldis a full-time freelance editor and has more than 25 years of experience working with technical and business publications: journals, magazines, manuals, theses, dissertations, policies and procedures, press releases, proposals, reports, and white papers. She has specialized documentation experience in the computer and engineering field, and has worked for a number of computer peripherals and systems manufacturers and for a military defense contractor.
Louise has in-depth experience with copyediting, developmental editing, substantive editing, and proofreading. She has expertise in adjusting the level of edit according to client needs, working closely with authors to retain voice and technical accuracy. Louise possesses particular skill in querying authors and subject matter experts from many countries on widely varied technical subjects, and in applying US English idiom. Her specialties are APA and Chicago Manual of Style.
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
over 33 years. He was
inhouse APA proofreader
of doctoral
dissertations at the
Fielding University. He
excels at working with
international / ESL
students. Specializing
in APA, MLA, and Chicago 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).
Louise O'Donaldis a full-time freelance editor and has more than 25 years of experience working with technical and business publications: journals, magazines, manuals, theses, dissertations, policies and procedures, press releases, proposals, reports, and white papers. She has specialized documentation experience in the computer and engineering field, and has worked for a number of computer peripherals and systems manufacturers and for a military defense contractor.
Louise has in-depth experience with copyediting, developmental editing, substantive editing, and proofreading. She has expertise in adjusting the level of edit according to client needs, working closely with authors to retain voice and technical accuracy. Louise possesses particular skill in querying authors and subject matter experts from many countries on widely varied technical subjects, and in applying US English idiom. Her specialties are APA and Chicago Manual of Style.
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
over 33 years. He was
inhouse APA proofreader
of doctoral
dissertations at the
Fielding University. He
excels at working with
international / ESL
students. Specializing
in APA, MLA, and Chicago 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).
Les Roka has been a public relations professor at Utah State University and the University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication (MLA) from Ohio University.
He empathizes with those undertaking extensive writing projects, and he is willing to help writers meet the challenge at virtually any stage of the writing process — from selecting topics to framing good research questions to organizing content and to presenting results and conclusions in clear, detailed language. He is comfortable in a fairly wide realm of topics, which extend beyond public relations, including journalism history, popular culture, criticism, integrated marketing communication, public policy issue management, crisis communication, and media message planning and management for organizations.
Denise Schmutte is a freelance writer and editor with specialized training in technical communication. She has a Ph.D. in Psychology and has worked as a university professor, helping students with theses and other research projects. She has written for print and online publications geared to a variety of different audiences, with a special interest in science and medicine. She has experience editing and proofreading academic work and can handle both APA format and Chicago/Turabian style guidelines. Denise provides assistance with research, writing, statistical consultation, and editing services to take degree candidates from proposal to final form for master's or doctoral level projects. She particularly enjoys working with students who have gotten "stuck" in the dissertation or thesis process, helping them to find new energy and clarify their thinking in order to move forward. Students in this situation often feel demoralized and hopeless, and a bit of unbiased feedback and encouragement can go a long way towards getting them "unstuck" and back on track. Denise's work is fast and efficient, with a rapid turnaround time, and students appreciate her humor and supportive attitude.
Melissa Simpson is a writing instructor
at Hendrix College and
in Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical
University's Distance
Learning program who
specializes in teaching
academic writing and
business and technical
communication. She is
skilled in MLA, APA, and Chicago manuals of
style, and for several
years she worked as a
technical writer for
DataPath Inc., a company
that produces
administrative software
for cafeteria plans. Her
work included writing,
editing and testing
educational/tutorial
manuals and users'
manuals. She has edited
many other documents,
including resumes,
application letters,
fiction and non-fiction
books, textbooks,
bibliographies, theses,
and dissertations. She
holds a Master of Arts
degree in English from
Texas Woman's University
and earned a Bachelor of
Arts degree with
distinction in English
(summa cum laude) from
Hendrix College. She is also a published author
whose biography of
author Flannery O'Connor
was published in 2005.
A. J. Sobczak is an editor, proofreader, and writer (business writing, business methods, business history, communication, literary analysis) with more than 18 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 holds an MA in economics from UCLA, has done graduate-level coursework in mathematics, and taught economics at California State University, Northridge, for 4 years.
He is an expert in
APA and Chicago styles
and is on several
publishers' lists of
"go-to" editors for
manuscripts 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.
Holly Therese, a professional copy editor, holds a M.A. in linguistics from Rice University and a B.A. with honors in nonfiction writing from the Johns Hopkins University. She has worked as a copy editor within the scientific/technical/medical peer-reviewed journal industry for over 5 years and has extensive experience copyediting scientific and social science texts ranging from articles to theses to book manuscripts. Ms. Therese's copyediting expertise extends beyond the word level to encompass figure, table, and mathematical and chemical equation editing. Ms. Therese specializes in the APA and Chicago editorial styles.
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.
Brian Whitener, a former Professor of English, has over a decade of experience as a writer and academic editor, having worked for some of the most prestigious journals in the humanities and social sciences. He has published 2 books and numerous articles, as well as being a noted English-Spanish translator. As an editor, he specializes in APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA and has worked with hundreds of students and professors from top, Ivy-league schools in the United States, France, China, and Mexico.
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