Portfolio

Project Management and Product Development

Including but not limited to hiring and administration of freelance contributors, coordinating and at times conducting research, authoring, content and subject matter selection, editing, and submission of tagged files prepped for typesetting and publication.

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  Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (3-volume set; Gale, 2005)

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  Forty-one volumes of Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (Gale, 2004-11)

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  Four volumes of Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (Gale, 2011-12)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Garbage and Recycling (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Election Spending (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Welfare (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Feminism (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Urban Agriculture (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Charter Schools (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

Developmental Editing

Including but not limited to reviewing and providing substantive changes in a book’s organization, approach, and style, as well as providing feedback and guidance to authors.

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  At Issue: Should Character Be Taught in School? (Greenhaven Press, 2010)

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  Current Controversies: Nuclear Energy (Greenhaven Press, 2010)

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  At Issue: Homeland Security (Greenhaven Press, 2009)

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  At Issue: Beauty Pageants (Greenhaven Press, 2009)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Israel (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: The U.S. Intelligence Community (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Gambling (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Mental Illness (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Should Music Lyrics Be Censored? (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Current Controversies: The Tea Party Movement (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The Ethics of Medical Testing (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Stem Cells (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Social Issues in Literature: The Environment in Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

Authoring and Compilation

Including but not limited to research, essay selection, authoring, and editing and review of final typeset pages.

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  Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion (six-volume set; Gale, 2004)

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  Current Controversies: Sex Offenders and Public Policy (Greenhaven Press, 2007)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: School Funding (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Church and State (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Native Americans (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

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  Opposing Viewpoints: Alternative Medicine (Greenhaven Press, 2012)

End-of-Production Services

Including but not limited to copyediting files (in XML tagged format) and manuscript, galley proofreading, and subject indexing for a number of titles within a series.

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  At Issue: Green Cities (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Food Safety (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Concealed Weapons (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The Ethics of Capital Punishment (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: The BP Oil Spill (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: DNA Databases (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Drunk Driving (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: How Does Advertising Impact Teen Behavior? (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Human Embryo Experimentation (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Alcohol Abuse (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

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  At Issue: Alternatives to Prisons (Greenhaven Press, 2011)

Indexing

Including but not limited to back-of-the-book title and topic indexing using SGML tagged data.

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  Fifty-six volumes of cumulative title and topic indexes for Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (Gale, 2005-11)

Other Editorial Services

Including but not limited to research, copy editing, proofreading, and fact-checking for individual projects.

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  Top Stories 2010: Behind the Headlines (Gale/Cengage Learning, 2011)