Language: Exceptional facility with English language, aided by continual reading, writing, listening, and translating --> Fix problems of grammar, usage, style, diction, punctuation, spelling, etc.
Logic: Innate talent, refined by philosophical training, for discerning what is and is not coherent --> Fix problems of general argument and specific formulation.
Substance: Knowledge of many subjects (following long study under top scholars) with capacity for quick expansion as needed --> Fix problems of subject-matter understanding and factual claim.
Dispositions: Zeal for integrity of content. Keen eye for detail. Maintain focus despite pressure of deadlines. Persevere alone as needed. Enjoy productive rapport with peers, managers, and clients.
Technology: Broadly skilled in computer programs. Master new techniques with ease. Familiar with publishing process. At home in Web-centered and high-tech environments.
Experience summary
Extensive experience with substantive and mechanical editing. Content advisor, editor, copyeditor, copywriter, proofreader, and fact checker for wide range of corporate clients following long period of similar work for academic publications, such as the University of Chicago Press journal Ethics. Review manuscripts and full range of corporate collateral, improving layout, uncovering inaccuracies, and making corrections. Provide detailed yet clear commentaries. Perform directed research, develop reports. Other experience includes teaching college and highschool.
Education
Editing Certificate, Graham School of General Studies, University of Chicago, May, 2006
Courses: Basic Manuscript Editing, Intermediate Manuscript Editing, Advanced Manuscript Editing, Developmental Editing, Essentials of Grammar
Presenting Data and Information, Edward R. Tufte, Chicago, Aug. 2000
Postdoctoral student, University of Chicago, 1996/7
Ph.D. political science, University of Chicago, 1996 (University Fellowship)
Dissertation: The Three Dimensions of Aristotle’s Political Ideology
Committee:
Russell Hardin, chairman (political science/public policy/philosophy)
Bernard Manin (political science)
Arthur W. H. Adkins (classics/philosophy)
Charles M. Gray (history/law)
Richard A. Posner (law)
Qualifying theses:
Max Weber on Charismatic Political Domination
Justifications of Judicial Review and Recommendations for its Proper Practice
M.A. political science, University of Chicago, 1987 (University Fellowship)
Thesis: The Development of Afrikaner Solidarity, 1652-1986
B.A. political science, University of California, Berkeley, 1984 (Phi Beta Kappa)
Honor’s Thesis (with Reinhard Bendix): Notes for Lectures on Karl Marx
Work
Copyeditor / proofreader / copywriter (independent contractor) for Cardinal Health, J. Walter Thompson (JWT), Studio North, Quebecor, Slack Barshinger & Partners, Enteron Creative Services, and TargetCom, Chicago area, Nov. 2000–present.
Fact Checker (term of project), Scott Foresman, Glenview, Illinois, Fall-Winter 2004
Instructor, critical thinking, informal logic, mass media, Center for Talent Development, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, Fall 2002– Spring 2005.
Adjunct Professor, "Constitutional Interpretations", University of Notre Dame, Indiana, Fall 2002.
Instructor, "Western vs. Islamic Approaches to Law", Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Fall 2002.
Instructor, "Philosophy of Law", Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Spring 2002.
Instructor, "Political Socialization", Lewis University, Romeoville, Illinois, Fall 2001.
Information manager for Luxet, Inc. (media Internet start-up), HQ: Austin, April–Oct. 2000: Coordinate preparation of content for web site; advise on Web design, business plan.
Independent contractor for R&D Consultants Associates/EXP.com, HQ: San Antonio, Oct. 1998–2000: Research and write reports for firms.
Research assistant for Bernard Manin, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago, 1993–96: Researched and edited Principles of Representative Government (Cambridge University Press, 1997), as well as the earlier French edition.
Lecturer on Constitutional Law, Philosophy of Law, and Comparative Law for Roosevelt University, Chicago and Arlington Heights, 1988–89.
Research assistant for Russell Hardin, Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago, 1985–93: Researched and edited Morality within the Limits of Reason (University of Chicago Press, 1988); Researched One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict (Princeton University Press, 1995).
Editorial assistant for Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy (oldest continuously-publishing English language philosophy journal) 1985-90: Copyediting, proofreading, manuscript processing.
Manager of Computer Center, History Department, University of Chicago, 1985: Technical support and clerical organization.
Teaching assistant at University of California, Berkeley, 1984: Courses on fascism and revolution taught by A. James Gregor.
Research assistant for Prof. of Political Science, Peter Sperlich, University of California, Berkeley, 1983-4.
Editor at Association of Bay Area Governments, Oakland, Calif., 1983: Researched and edited Fair Housing Directory, 2d ed.
Editor (multi-media) at HSA-UWC Publications, New York City, 1979–82: Researched, edited, translated, and wrote text; designed diagrams and worked with graphic artists; participated in complete book and video production processes.
Owner of Success Service, New York City, 1979–1982: Sold business-related self-help books and tapes, affiliated with Earl Nightingale, W. Clement Stone (Success Unlimited magazine), Norman Vincent Peale, etc. This set me up for a life-time of disappointment with customer service and consumer relations.
Writings
Report on preparing primary education textbooks (2005)
The Interconnectedness of the Moral, Intellectual, and Physical Components of Scouting (2001)
The Concept of Political Science in Plato and Aristotle (2000)
The Epitome of Aristotle’s Political Theory (1998)
Lawmakers and Ordinary People in Aristotle, chap. 12 of Justice v. Law in Greek Political Thought, ed. Leslie G. Rubin (Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1997)
Reviews for Ethics: An International Journal of Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy:
The New Right v. the Constitution by Stephen Macedo. 99 (1989): 682
The Longing for Total Revolution by Bernard Yack. 98 (1988): 860
Max Weber’s Insights and Errors by Stanislav Andreski. 97 (1987): 694
Max Weber: A Skeleton Key by Randall Collins. 97 (1987): 695
Contending Ideologies in South Africa edited by J. Leatt and K. Nürnberger. 97 (1987): 708
Capitalism and Apartheid: South Africa, 1910-1984 by Merle Lipton. 97 (1987): 709
South Africa without Apartheid by Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley. 97 (1987): 708
Ancient Political Science (in progress)
Book with six chapters dealing with political science (politikê technê) in Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle, and with Aristotle's three forms of rule.=
The Exception Proves the Rule: The Origins of the Jurisprudential Concept of Equity (in progress)
Covers treatment of epieikeia in Aristotle, Cicero, Quintilian, Aquinas, Jean Gerson, St German, Hobbes, and Blackstone.
Great Ethics (in progress)
Greek/English interlinear edition of Aristotle's Magna Moralia, formatted according logic of argument. A similar thing, now usable for teaching, has been done with other works, including the Nicomachean Ethics, the Politics, and the Rhetoric
Teaching competencies
Ancient, Medieval, and Modern political and legal theory
constitutional law
comparative politics and law
political sociology
socialization
comparative religion
philosophy of law
Islam
Terrorism
Informal logic
Critical thinking
English Grammar
Languages
French, Greek, German, Japanese, and Korean (proficiency details available upon request)
Internet mailing lists (e-mail discussion groups)
Language (2006–present): http://groups.google.com/group/editing
Motion Pictures (2006–present): http://groups.google.com/group/motionpictures
Islamism (2001–present): http://lists.topica.com/lists/islamism/
Aristotle (1994–present): http://lists.topica.com/lists/aristotle/
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