Overview
I’m an experienced editor now working in a university setting. I previously edited and commissioned academic and trade books, primarily in politics, at Oxford University Press, and after that helped a start-up political news website get off the ground. I’ve edited business plans, literary fiction and YA dystopian fiction, trade books on current affairs, critical race theory, and war history, books and articles in law and economics, and more. I love making good writing great and helping promising ideas get a running start.
Services
Non-Fiction
Humanities & Social Sciences
Law
Philosophy
Political Science & Current Affairs
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Tulane University
Aug, 2020 —
Present
My dissertation research focuses on public opinion on foreign aid and looks at citizen cosmopolitanism, the welfare state, and immigration in relation to states' foreign aid policy decisions. M.A. en route, 2022.
Murphy Institute, Tulane University
Sep, 2017 —
Aug, 2023
(almost 6 years)
Directed external relations of The Murphy Institute with respect to other research institutes, policy-oriented groups, and granting organizations. Wrote reports to stakeholders, including the boards of The Murphy Institute and Tulane. Edited and provided substantive feedback on draft book chapters and articles for faculty. Managed internal and external grant-funded activities and policy-related events. Analyzed legislation and conducted reviews of the literature to assist director in developing public policy initiatives.
The Bayou Brief
Apr, 2017 —
Oct, 2017
(6 months)
Edited pre-launch materials and advised on communications and branding during the publication's first months. Assigned stories and worked with contributors on rewrites.
Oxford University Press
Feb, 2015 —
Apr, 2017
(about 2 years)
Acquired academic monographs and trade books in politics, area studies, and international relations. Edited trade and academic books across the social sciences and in philosophy. Managed co-publishing relationship with C. Hurst & Co., a UK publisher. Finalized co-publishing relationship with Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Commissioned reviews and garnered blurbs. Composed jacket, website, and catalogue copy.
Self-employed
Jun, 2013 —
Present
Edit and provide developmental direction to business plans, law articles, young adult fiction, college and graduate school applications, résumés, job applications, literary fiction, and more.
Portfolio
The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions. But one aspect that the contemporary discussions often miss is that these fiss... read more
In The Power of Race in Cuba, Danielle Pilar Clealand analyzes racial ideologies that negate the existence of racism and their effect on racial progress and activism through the lens of Cuba. Since 1959, Fidel Castro and the Cuban government have married socia... read more
Islamist militants based in Pakistan have played a major role in terrorism around the world and pose a significant threat to regional and international security. Although the Pakistan-militant connection has received widespread attention only in recent years, ... read more
Homeward Bound shows that as family structure becomes more complex, so too does elder care, and existing institutions and legal approaches are not prepared to handle those complexities. As 79 million American Baby Boomers approach old age, their diverse family... read more
Over the last four decades, members of Congress have increasingly embraced media relations as a way to influence national policymaking and politics. In 1977, nearly half of congressional members had no press secretary. Today, media relations is a central compo... read more
Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons - yet liberalism has refused equality to those it saw as sub-persons. Liberalism is the creed of fairness - yet liberalism has been complicit with European imperialism and African slavery. Liberalism is t... read more
The military victories of the Islamic State have completely overturned the geopolitical map of the Middle East. Media attention has focused almost exclusively on Islamic State's savage treatment of its enemies and its ability to attract foreign fighters. In 20... read more
Black Natural Law offers a new way of understanding the African American political tradition. Iconoclastically attacking left (including James Baldwin and Audre Lorde), right (including Clarence Thomas and Ben Carson), and center (Barack Obama), Vincent Willia... read more
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