Education
Current Studies
- Pursuing a PhD in technical communication at the Illinois Institute of Technology
- Coursework includes classes in web design, information structure and retrieval, document design, usability, and publication management, among others
Degrees Earned
- Master of science in information architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology (May 2011)
- Bachelor of arts in English, minor in French, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (May 2005)
- Certificate in manuscript editing, University of Chicago Graham School (June 2008)
Professional Experience
Editorial Assistant, University of Chicago Press (2006–2010)
- Responsibilities
- Edit and prepare manuscripts for publication; assist editors in department with copyediting, proofreading, and manuscript preparation; communicate editorial views to authors, designers, and freelance editors as member of book team
- Achievements
- Created a macro in Microsoft Word that automatically institutes the Press's style of inclusive numbering in Word documents and provided the macro to editors in the department
- Edited a portion of the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style (published 2010)
Program Associate and AmeriCorps Member at Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (2005–2006)
- Responsibilities
- Editor and writer for monthly VOCAL and Jump Start newsletters
- Achievements
- Organized meetings and trainings as one of three team leaders
- Helped win another three-year AmeriCorps grant for Project VOCAL in the summer of 2006
Technical Skills
- Drupal web design
- Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, Outlook)
- Adobe suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Acrobat 9 Pro)
- HTML, CSS, XML
