Vinayak Dewan – Editor

With Academic and Trade experience at Oxford University Press, UK, I am now a PhD in English candidate at the University of Virginia.

Overview

At Oxford University Press, I edited the Very Short Introductions series, the Oxford World’s Classics series and the History and Literature lists. My title, The Primacy of Doubt by Tim Palmer is rated 4.3 on Amazon and 4 on Goodreads. I have a masters degree in English from the University of Oxford and am now a fully funded PhD in English candidate and teaching assistant at the University of Virginia, USA.

I am looking to leverage my top-notch academic publishing expertise to offer freelance development editing services to historians, philosophers and literary critics looking to refine their monographs and proposals to the standards of international academic publishers such as OUP, Princeton University Press and MIT Press.

Services

Developmental Editing

Non-Fiction

Humanities & Social Sciences

Languages

English (UK) English (US)

Certifications

MSt (Oxon)

Work experience

Project Editor

Oxford University Press

Jan, 2022 — Jun, 2024 (over 2 years)

Working closely with acquiring editors, I have expert knowledge in all aspects of academic publishing, from assessing proposals to line editing and from creating profit and loss statements to drafting publishing agreements.

Editorial Intern

The Caravan

Jan, 2020 — May, 2020 (4 months)

At India's leading independent journal of politics and culture, I performed research, fact-checking, proofreading, transcription and translation from Hindi to English. I worked with the multimedia team on “Chronicles of Carnage: Mustafabad's residents recount incidents of targeted violence” and anchored The Caravan Subscriber Survey in May 2020. I also wrote for the Showcase and Editor’s Pick sections of the magazine. Read my work at