freelance editor/writer
May 2003–present
Clients 
Columbia University Press
HarperCollins
Hewlett-Packard
Houghton Mifflin
NASA
New World Library
Public Policy Institute of California
Rand McNally
Stanford University Press
StayWell
Temple University Press
​University of Ottawa Heart Institute
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​copy chief
​Wired  magazine, Condé Nast Publications
San Francisco, CA
February 2000–May 2003
Line-edited and copyedited articles, carried out and oversaw all phases of editorial production, supervised copy desk of four, and maintained the house style guide

copy chief
HotWired, Wired Digital/Lycos
San Francisco, CA
September 1997–February 2000
~ Copyedited, wrote, and managed production flow for HotWired’s group of websites, including HotBot, Suck, Webmonkey, Cocktail, and Animation Express
~ Spearheaded the overhaul of HotWired style
~ Contributed style points to Constance Hale’s book Wired Style: Principles of English Usage in the Digital Age

associate editor
NetGuide Live, CMP Media
San Francisco, CA
December 1995–March 1997
Developed, wrote, and edited entertainment features and site reviews, while supervising editors and writers

freelance writer
Rand McNally Publishing Group
Skokie, IL
July 1995
Coauthored Geo-Trivia Human Body, educational
trade publication for kids ages 7 to 12

freelance editor
McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company
Evanston, IL
​July 1994–September 1995
Edited and wrote portions of The Language of Literature, grade 8

textbook editor
Proof Positive/Farrowlyne Associates
Evanston, IL
November 1988–July 1994
Clients: HarperCollins college social science,
Scholastic Science Place and Addison-Wesley Science Insights

assistant director for publications
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
April 1986–April 1987
Editor, writer, photographer, and designer

University of Maine, B.A. Behavioral Science (President’s List), 1979