Sarah Barker – Editor

Hello there! I’m a former production assistant at the University of Minnesota Press and a freelance copy editor. In college, I did paid work as a media specialist for nonprofit Students for Education Reform and as a writing consultant. I also interned at boutique press Coffee House and completed the Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs course Writing for Social Change. All these experiences led me to pursue a career in working with words in a way that bridges social divides and explores the diversity in human experience.

In my current role at University of Minnesota Press, I have had the pleasure of working with the words of seasoned scholars writing about everything from feminist theory in Mad Max: Fury Road to the historical impact of American newsreels. Now I would like to expand my copy editing into the fiction realm, which is why I've started freelancing. I am particularly interested in working with authors who are pushing boundaries and exploring sensitive topics.

In my edits, my focus is always on helping the author’s voice shine through. I am committed to reading with cultural sensitivity and advocating for precise, accurate language. From my editing, expect a detailed style sheet, clean tracked changes, continuity errors addressed, punctuation in its place, and plenty of queries to ensure that I've understood the intent behind your words.