I am a freelance writer and editor based in Northern California. I have a Ph.D. in Early American History, an M.A. in Asian American History, and a teaching certificate in Composition and Rhetoric, all from the University of California, Santa Cruz. I have more than fifteen years of experience in publishing books and articles, teaching writing-intensive courses, and working closely with people on their material.
I live in the Bay Area with my husband and children. I love historical fiction murder mysteries, playing the piano, and planning vacations; and I am perfecting the art of the cocktail camping trip.
Experience
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood academic publishers, 2009-2013
Volume editor for The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents
Co-edited Voices of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience, a two-volume, 340,000-word anthology of primary source documents
Selected editing projects:
Publications
The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents: Asian America. ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.
“Sacred Memory: The Covenanter Use of History from Scotland to America.” Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 2013.
Voices of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience. ABC-CLIO, 2012.
“The Covenanter Diaspora: Presbyterian Rebellion in the Atlantic World.” Journal of Scotch-Irish Studies, 2008.
“Scottish Covenanters and the Creation of an American Identity.” Journal of Presbyterian History, 2005.
Credentials
Ph.D. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2004
M.A. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999
B.A. History, Wellesley College, Cum Laude, 1997
University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1995-1996
I live in the Bay Area with my husband and children. I love historical fiction murder mysteries, playing the piano, and planning vacations; and I am perfecting the art of the cocktail camping trip.
Experience
ABC-CLIO/Greenwood academic publishers, 2009-2013
Volume editor for The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents
- Sourced and edited material and wrote the introduction for the Asian American volume, a 250,000-word anthology of primary source documents
Co-edited Voices of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience, a two-volume, 340,000-word anthology of primary source documents
- Sourced extensive online material from research archives, local historical societies, e-zines and e-journals, blogs, and community organizations
- Provided both substantive and line editing for 700-page manuscript
- Wrote 500-word introductions to more than 150 documents; wrote a 3500-word preface introducing the anthology, explaining its methodology and describing its significance
Selected editing projects:
- book manuscript on business solutions
- academic journal article on Civil War-era abolitionists
- dissertation on 16th-century English literature
- websites for psychiatry practice, life coaching business, and tech start-up company
- marketing copy for global compliance company, residential senior care facility group
- graduate school and dental school application essays
Publications
The Great American Mosaic: An Exploration of Diversity in Primary Documents: Asian America. ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.
“Sacred Memory: The Covenanter Use of History from Scotland to America.” Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 2013.
Voices of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience. ABC-CLIO, 2012.
“The Covenanter Diaspora: Presbyterian Rebellion in the Atlantic World.” Journal of Scotch-Irish Studies, 2008.
“Scottish Covenanters and the Creation of an American Identity.” Journal of Presbyterian History, 2005.
Credentials
Ph.D. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2004
M.A. History, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1999
B.A. History, Wellesley College, Cum Laude, 1997
University of Glasgow, Scotland, 1995-1996
