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Jane J.
Clemson, SC
5,249
documents edited
236
clients favorited
10,059,260
words edited
More About Jane
I love the problem-solving aspects of editing and think that analyzing documents and determining how to make them perfect is a lot of fun. I also enjoy getting to know each client through the writer--editor relationship.
What types of documents do you enjoy editing the most?
I am excited to edit anything! I especially like editing longer works like books, corporate reports, proposals, theses, dissertations, and journal and magazine articles, as they give me a chance to see more complex arguments unfold and observe how the writer manages details. But I also have edited personal statements, press releases, essays, resumes, permanent residency applications, catalogs, poetry, recipes, love letters, instruction manuals, syllabi, requests for political asylum, travelogues, field guides, romance novels, textbooks, scientific posters, eulogies, sermons, bar mitzvah speeches, concert program notes, packaging labels, PowerPoint slides---you name it.
In what subject areas are you an expert?
My academic training was in the humanities, and I would consider myself an expert in art history, music, and English and American literature. For the last 20 years I have specialized in making highly technical proposals respond to the interests of funding agencies and appeal to non-technical readers. As a result, I know a lot about national science policy and would consider myself an expert in National Science Foundation proposals. I am very comfortable editing documents with science and engineering content.
What do you do when you’re not editing on Kibin?
I have an administrative position at a major research university. Every day, I work with faculty to win millions of dollars in grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, etc. I also edit faculty submissions to peer-reviewed journals and graduate student theses. In my spare time, I am the soprano section leader in a local chorale and devote time to developing the arts in the community. My two sons are professional musicians. I enjoy gardening, cooking, reading George R. R. Martin books, playing Skyrim, and traveling. Someday, I'd like to visit Iceland again---this time in the winter---and stay in that ice hotel in Sweden!
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MA in English, University of Oregon
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BA in English, St. Olaf College
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35 years of editing and teaching experience
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Versed in APA, MLA, CSE, Harvard, ASA, Chicago, and Turabian styles
Client Feedback and Praise
Hope to revise the accurate or specific verbs in the paper directly instead of only comment--"suggest to change a strong verb". That's why I seek for kibin edition. Thanks.
It worked out really well, I am far more conceptual in my thoughts than detail oriented, and the editor took my own thoughts to a different level of detail, I did end up rewriting my own paper and used many of the editors suggestions in my final edit. I modified the edits dramatically, and created a hybrid of my original to give it my own voice. The edited version transformed my paper into a much improved document, and I would use Kibin and this editor again.
very good！！！
I liked it a lot.
Great service.
Most importantly, my text was improved.
Thank you.
I am also going to try and make the suggested models, even though that is not really something we philosophers often do. But I like the suggestion and I think it will be possible.
Thank You Jane for your being available to review my work. Until my next assignment take care