Molly Reinhoudt

Molly Reinhoudt – Editor

I am an arts and humanities editor with over seventeen years of experience helping clients bring their texts to life!

Overview

I am an experienced copyeditor an proofreader with over ten years of experience working on a variety of projects, from small jobs such as marketing postcards and signage to full journal issues and scholarly texts. I have worked privately with scholars from a variety of fields, including arts education, art history, music, English, African American studies, engineering, and linguistics. I provide not only copyediting and proofreading, but also indexing. I hold an advanced degree and am comfortable with all forms of academic writing, including non-native English speakers. See the list below for some of the book and journal projects I have worked on.

Services
Non-Fiction
Art ELT History Law Music Political Science & Current Affairs Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (US)
Certifications
  • PhD Historical Musicology, The Ohio State University (2019)
  • MA Historical Musicology, The Ohio State University (2008)
  • BA Music, The Ohio State University (2003)
  • BA Spanish, The Ohio State University (2003)

Work experience

Self-employed

Sep, 2011 — Present

Copyeditor/proofreader for the academic journals Historical Performance; African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review; Africa Today; Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health; Jazz Education in Research and Practice; Journal of Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society; and Black Diaspora Review. I have also copyedited various projects (books, articles, professional writing) for faculty, students, and presses both in the US and abroad. In addition, I am the managing editor of Recreation, Parks, and Tourism in Public Health. I am skilled in APA, Chicago Manual of Style (including author/date), and MLA. See the list below for a sample of the books I have copyedited, proofread, or indexed.

The Ohio State University

Jun, 2012 — Aug, 2024 (about 12 years)

• Edit and copyedit all accepted articles and book reviews for both journals, including their adherence to MLA and APA styles of citation, respectively
• Proof all initial layouts and blue-line proofs and serve as intermediary between the compositors and authors/editors
• Serve as point of contact with the public for both journals
o Respond to questions and queries from potential authors
o Facilitate communication between editors and authors
o Create and post calls for papers for special issues
o Reach out to new potential evaluators, contributors, and book reviewers as necessary
• Create and maintain production schedules for both journals
o Ensure essays and book reviews move through the production pipeline from submission to evaluation to publishing or rejection
o Keep open lines of communication with editors, evaluators, and authors about status of submissions
• Manage Facebook/web presence for both journals

Wexner Center for the Arts

Jul, 2011 — Jun, 2012 (11 months)

Edited and wrote copy for a variety of audiences
• Served as production coordinator for all printed and electronic materials
o Created and maintained production schedules
o Knowledge of production procedures and processes
o Oversaw all publications from concept stage to finished product
o Procured images and texts from other departments/artists for all publications
o Entered new jobs into publication job database
• Facilitated communication between graphic designers and outside print vendors as well as internal departments

Wexner Center for the Arts

Sep, 2007 — Jun, 2011 (over 3 years)

Edited and wrote copy for a variety of audiences
Created and maintained production schedules
Knowledge of production procedures and processes
Worked on publications from concept stage to finished product
Procured images and texts from other departments/artists for all publications

Portfolio

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Counting Bodies

Molly Farrell

Quantifiable citizenship in the form of birth certificates, census forms, and immigration quotas is so ubiquitous that today it appears ahistorical. Yet before the modern colonial era, there w... read more
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The editors of this volume have gathered leading scholars on the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey to chronologically examine the sweep and variety of sociolegal projects being carried... read more
Indexing
SoulStirrers

H. Ike Okafor-Newsum

In SoulStirrers, H. Ike Okafor-Newsum describes the birth and development of an artistic movement in Cincinnati, Ohio, identified with the Neo-Ancestral impulse. The Neo-Ancestral impulse emer... read more
Copy Editing
Civil Racism

Lynn Mie Itagaki

The 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, also known as the Rodney King riots, followed the acquittal of four police officers who had been charged with assault and the use of excessive force against a B... read more
Copy Editing
Land of the Fee

Devin Fergus

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt. As Devin Fergus explains in Land of the Fee, a not-insignificant portion of that d... read more
Copy Editing

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KJ S.

KJ S.

Sep, 2024

Molly is an excellent editor who I have had the privilege to work with over the seven months I have been editing my book. She was very attentive to her work and promptly communicated how long it would take to edit the chapters sent to her. Molly also was willing to edit chapter by chapter, which was great. I highly recommend Molly for non-fiction writing as her attention to citations and othe...
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William B.

William B.

Apr, 2024

Molly was great. Very professional and courteous! She works fast and was very easy to understand and communicate with! She went above and beyond what was expected! I’m very happy with the end result! And I highly recommend her to anyone in need of some professional editing skills! She obviously has them! And they will definitely prove beneficial to anyone who receives them!

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