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Freelance Writer and Editor

JDC Works

2001 - Present

Selected contract work includes:

• Writing and editing for art exhibition at Museum of the American West

• Writing and editing for quarterly newsletter for US Marine Corps squadron (circulation of 450)

  • Collaborated with contributors, developed concepts and wrote original content. Designed format and utilized desktop publishing for layout and graphics. Performed project management and coordinated newsletter production

• Writing and editing projects for Paramount Pictures, Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church, Dodds-Walker Realty, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Oakleaf Club of San Diego and MOMs Club of Mira Mesa  

Freelance Writer

WordCrafters.org

2001 - Present

• Developed, researched and wrote content for the Secretary of the Navy's Lifelines Services Network (Department of Defense)                             

• Wrote features, profiles and instructional articles on financial, family, education, legal and travel topics  

• Performed extensive internet research and conducted numerous personal interviews

• Completed projects within short deadlines, often three weeks or less  

Original Research and Writings 

Graduate Studies at University of California at San Diego

1999-2003      

• Focused on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American studies and culture

• Authored Family Matters: Kinship Prohibitions and Civic Relations, dissertation, UMI Press, 2003

• Completed research in Civil War, World War I, Progressive era, American Westerns, and film

Columnist

Carmel Pine Cone

1990 - 1991

• Wrote a biweekly column for newspaper (circulation of 15,000)

Instructor of Writing or Literature

Teaching positions at University of California at San Diego, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, University of Maryland at College Park, and University of Illinois at Chicago

1995-2001, 2003

• Edited student papers on short deadlines, frequently evaluating 100 pages of text weekly

• Prepared and delivered lectures

• Developed and implemented classroom activities   

• Recognized for preparation, organization and clarity of presentations to students  

• Coached students during prewriting, drafting and revising activities

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., University of California at San Diego, Literatures of English, American Literature specialty, 2003

• M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, English and American Literature specialization, 1997

• B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts in English, 1995   

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

• Advanced writing and editing skills

• Able to research, format and present complex information to general audiences through writing

• Capable of analyzing and synthesizing large volumes of data quickly

• Consistently meets deadlines

• Skilled presenter

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Publisher 

• Internet research 

• Proficiency in Spanish

AFFILIATIONS

Coming soon

REFERENCES

Available by request