Position:
Editor, Writer, Publishing Consultant at Praxis Communications
Location:
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area
Work:
Praxis Communications
since Aug 2004
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Editor, Writer, Publishing Consultant
Great Source/Houghton Mifflin
Sep 2001 - Mar 2004
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VP, Director of Development (editorial)
Advanced Instructional Materials
1997 - 2001
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President
Education:
Indiana University Bloomington
BA, English, Psychology
Interests:
Business: budgeting, corporate communications, project management, quality control, marketing and advertising, presentation/public speaking, Six Sigma, statistics
Editorial: English grammar and style, publishing processes, scheduling and trafficking, writing in many subjects and genres for audiences of all ages and levels of sophistication
Educational Publishing: K-12 curricula, standards, and assessment in language arts, reading, and mathematics; K-12 product conceptualization and development, print and digital
Software: InDesign, Quark Xpress, Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, MathType, Dreamweaver, Finale, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
Honor & Awards:
Phi Beta Kappa
Educational Video Association Best of Festival Award
National Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Award in Creative Writing
Perfect score (800) on verbal portion of Graduate Record Examination
Several Merit Scholarships
Graduation with Distinction and Honors in English, Indiana University