Jamie Thaman – Editor

Copyedited Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee, Melissa Wolfe, John Fagg, Tom Wolf, and Barbara L. Jones (2020); Picturing America: Signature Works from the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Barbara L. Jones (2010); Painting in the United States, Barbara L. Jones with Judith H. O’Toole (2008); Made in Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition, R. David Brocklebank, Barbara L. Jones, Harley Trice, Phil Schaltenbrand, Frank Swala, and Charles Muller (2007); Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and Its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900–1950, Betsy Fahlman (2006); Born of Fire: The Valley of Work, Barbara L. Jones (2006); Different Views in Hudson River School Painting, Judith H. O’Toole (2005)

Copyedited multiple university press books, including Bedlam in the New World: A Mexican Madhouse in the Age of Enlightenment, Christina Ramos (University of North Carolina Press, 2022); Dangerous Intercourse: Gender and Interracial Relations in the American Colonial Philippines, 1898–1946, Tessa Winkelmann
(Cornell University Press, 2022); Before Busing: A History of Boston’s Long Black Freedom Struggle, Zebulon Vance Miletsky (University of North Carolina Press, 2022); Democracy by Petition: Popular Politics in Transformation, 1790–1870, Daniel Carpenter (Harvard University Press, 2021); Movie-Made Appalachia: History, Hollywood, and the Highland South, John C. Inscoe (University of North Carolina Press, 2020); That Middle World: Race, Performance, and the Politics of Passing, Julia S. Charles (University of North Carolina Press, 2020); The Last Turtlemen of the Caribbean: Waterscapes of Labor, Conservation, and Boundary Making, Sharika D. Crawford (University of North Carolina Press, 2020); Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat, Ai Hisano (Harvard University Press, 2019); Gone Home: Race and Roots through Appalachia, Karida L. Brown (University of North Carolina Press, 2018); Opium’s Long Shadow: From Asian Revolt to Global Drug Control, Steffen Rimner (Harvard University Press, 2018); The New Map of Empire: How Britain Imagined America before Independence, S. Max Edelson (Harvard University Press, 2017); The Hello Girls: America’s First Women Soldiers, Elizabeth Cobbs (Harvard University Press, 2017); The Uprooted: Race, Children, and Imperialism in French Indochina, 1890–1980, Christina Firpo (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2016); and Voice, Silence, Self: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan, Christopher Bondy (Harvard University Asia Center, 2015)

Proofread multiple titles, including Soul Taken, Patricia Briggs (2022); Two Wrongs Make a Right, Chloe Liese (2022); Red on the River, Christine Feehan (2022); Secret of Bow Lane, Jennifer Ashley (2022); A Thousand Miles, Bridget Morrissey (2022); An Accidental Odyssey, KC Dyer (2021); Miss Moriarty, I Presume?, Sherry Thomas (2021); The God of Lost Words, A. J. Hackwith (2021); Kill All Your Darlings, David Bell (2021); The Personal Librarian, Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray (2021); Special Ops Seduction, Megan Crane (2021); Wild Love, Lauren Accardo (2021); One Minute Out, Mark Greaney (2020); Shadow Flight, Christine Feehan (2020); Brave the Tempest, Karen Chance (2019); Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky (2018); Shadow’s Bane, Karen Chance (2018); Magic Triumphs, Ilona Andrews (2018); Beauty Like the Night, Joanna Bourne (2017); The Brain Warrior’s Way, Daniel and Tana Amen (2016); The Gluten-Free Cheat Sheet, April Peveteaux (2015); The Anxiety Toolkit, Alice Boyes, PhD (2015); Inspector Specter (Haunted Guesthouse Mystery series), E. J. Copperman (2014); Jason (Anita Blake series), Laurell K. Hamilton (2014)

Copyedited multiple textbooks and ancillary materials, including A Speaker’s Guidebook: Text and Reference, 8th ed., Dan O’Hair, Hannah Rubenstein, Rob Stewart (2022); Media and Culture: Mass Communication in a Digital Age, 13th ed., Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos, Ron Becker (and test bank, LearningCurve, quizzes, and Instructor’s Manual) (2021); Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication, 6th, 7th, 11th, and 12th eds., Richard Campbell, Christopher R. Martin, Bettina Fabos (and test bank for Media and Culture, 7th, 11th, and 12th eds.) (2008–2019); The Concise St. Martin’s Guide to Writing, 8th ed., Rise B. Cooper, Charles R. Cooper (2017); Speech Craft, 1st and 2nd eds., Joshua Gunn (2018, 2021); Filmmaking in Action, Adam Leipzig, Barry Weiss, Michael Goldman (2016); Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition, 12th ed., Alfred Rosa, Paul Eschholz (2015); Choices and Connections, 1st and 2nd eds., Steve McCornack, Joe Ortiz (2015, 2017); Speak Up! An Illustrated Guide to Public Speaking, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th eds., Douglas M. Fraleigh, Joseph S. Tuman, Peter Arkle (and test banks for Speak Up!) (2006, 2008, 2019); Choices: A Writing Guide with Readings, 5th ed., Kate Mangelsdorf, Evelyn Posey (2012)

Copyedited report templates (October 2019) and items for Psychiatrists in Practice Examination (April 2020); created an editing assessment for potential copy editors and proofreaders, as well as a universal style guide (June 2019); copyedit exam items (ongoing)

Copyedit five consumer catalogs per year: Spring, Valley Yarns, Fall, Weaving, and Holiday

Copyedit the school's bulletins, calendars, viewbooks, parents' guides, and brochures

Copyedited CAIA Level I: An Introduction to Core Topics in Alternative Investments, 3rd ed. (2015); Level II Study Guide (2012); and CAIA Level II: Advanced Core Topics in Alternative Investments, 2nd ed. (2012); also copyedit exam items/rationales (ongoing)

Copyedited Fifth-Year Report for the New England Commission of Higher Education (2022); Fifth-Year Report for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (2017, 2012); electronic course catalog (2015); event program for Celebrating Collaborations (2013); Women in Public Service Project’s Directory of Delegates and Presenters (Paris) (2012); Five College Strategic Plan (2010); Smith College Emergency Procedures Guide (2008); self-study report and special-emphasis document for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (2007)

Copyedited several computer-science-related texts, including Microsoft® Office 2010: Illustrated Fundamentals, Marjorie Hunt, Barbara M. Waxer; Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic 2008: An Object-Oriented Approach, Michael V. Ekedahl; Geometry with an Introduction to Cosmic Topology, Michael P. Hitchman; C++: An Active Learning Approach, Randy Albert, Todd Breedlove; Guide to Parallel Operating Systems, Ron Carswell, Heidi Webb, Terrill Freese; An Introduction to Project Management, Kathy Schwalbe; Fundamentals of Information Systems, Ralph Stair, George Reynolds; Guide to Oracle 10G, Joline Morrison, Mike Morrison, Rocky Conrad

Copyedited 32- to 180-page catalogs, looking for inconsistencies; deviations from typical phraseology; discrepancies in how products were being marketed; and errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style. Also responsible for maintaining schedules and working closely with prepress specialists, writers, and designers. Performed the following duties of a senior advertising proofreader (my previous title) as well: proofread direct-marketing catalogs as well as mini-catalogs, product listings, e-mail promotions, letters, press releases, employment ads, and the company website, noting errors in transcription, spelling, grammar, punctuation, item numbers, titles, and price codes. Reviewed promotion pieces at all stages of development, including layout, Mac prep, Kodak, and printer’s proof. Maintained style manual and informed other Advertising proofreaders of new style guidelines and updates. Trained new Advertising proofreaders in all aspects of Advertising proofreading. Provided administrative support in manager’s absence.

Copyedited multiple art books, including Winslow Homer: The Nature and Rhythm of Life, Martha Hoppin, David Tatham, Sarah Burns, Diane Forsberg (2014); The World of J. G. Brown, Martha Hoppin (2010); Bruno Andrade: The Nature I Paint, John Driscoll (2010); Marylyn Dintenfass Paintings, Lilly Wei, John Driscoll (2007); The Lyrical Constructivist: Don Gummer Sculpture, Peter Plagens (2007); Theophilus Brown: Paintings, Drawings, and Collages, John Arthur (2007); The Art of Monhegan Island, Carl Little (2004); Paul Cadmus: The Male Nude, Justin Spring (2002); Times Squared, Toby Old (2002); Distant Shores: The Odyssey of Rockwell Kent, Constance Martin (2000); Amazons in the Drawing Room: The Art of Romaine Brooks, Whitney Chadwick (2000)