Services
Helping you express your ideas succinctly and convincingly to corporate, academic, and governmental audiences.
Copy-Writing, Editing, and Translation (French-English)
10+ years freelancing with a variety of clients (IGOs, international corporations, trade journals, boutique finance or technology companies, as well as established national brands).
Teaching: Business Communications, University Research and Writing, and Literary Analysis
10+ years teaching university courses in Research and Writing, Literary Analysis, and Business and Technical Communications (including stake-holder and internal communications, inter-cultural communications, crisis management communications, publicity communications, and social media).
Writing Workshops
I have developed a roster of workshops on research and argumentation and successful teamwork and co-authorship. Send me a message and we can discuss developing a workshop based on your needs.
Résumé
Overall: Whether I’m writing, editing, or teaching, I practice thoughtful, detail-oriented, and streamlined communications for a variety of audiences: students, clients, share-holders, or governments.
Editing: I have a reputation for fastidious editing that enhances the tone and flow of the original text without losing the author’s voice. My current editorial work, as Senior Book Reviews Editor, can be found in the Book Reviews section of Transmotion, an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal in Indigenous studies. See my “Portfolio” for published translation/editing projects.
Teaching: From private tutor and PhD teaching assistant to post-doctoral researcher and university professor, I have developed over a decade of experience in helping students engage critically and analytically with a variety of English-language literature and research. My goal has always been to help students discover the joy and fulfillment of close analysis and the impact literature of any genre and era can have on how we see, understand, and behave in our societies.
Combining a variety of theories and literary forms, my students develop the skills to read their environments critically and to express their arguments decisively and stylishly.
Experience
Professor
Vancouver Island University
Aug 2023 - Present
Adjunct Professor
Vancouver Island University
Aug 2021 - May 2023
Post-Doctoral Researcher and Instructor
University of Geneva
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Ph.D. Research and Teaching Assistant
University of Geneva
Aug 2013 - Aug 2017
Private English Tutor
Sept 2011 - Aug 2017
Writing Lab Monitor
University of Geneva
Sept 2011 - June 2013
Freelance Editor, Writer, Translator
Transmotion - Senior Book Reviews Editor
Devinci, Decathlon, PHYT’s Productions, Nespresso, The International Centre for Sustainable Trade and Development, and more.
2008 - present
Information and External Relations Assistant; Publications Manager
World Trade Organization
Sept 2007 - Feb 2011
Staff Assistant and Legislative Correspondent
United States Capital
June 2006 - June 2007
Education
Ph.D. English Literature
University of Geneva
August 2013 to May 2020
M.A. English Literature
University of Geneva
February 2011 to June 2013
B.A. International Relations; French Studies
American University
August 2002 to May 2006
Delivered BA and MA Seminars
Topics in Speculative Fiction
Spring 2025
Indigenous Apocalyptic Literature
Autumn 2024
Literature and Criticism: Introduction to Animal Studies
Autumn 2023 - Present
University Research and Writing: Indigenous Focus
Autumn 2023 - Present
University Research and Writing
Autumn 2021 - Present
Business and Technical Communications
Autumn 2021 - Present
Ecofeminism and Vegan Literary Studies (Master’s seminar, co-taught with Prof. Deborah Madsen)
Spring 2021
Manitous and Totems in the Novels of Louise Erdrich
Autumn 2016
Multi-Media SciFi I and II
Autumn 2015 - Spring 2016
The Human-Animal Hybrid in Margaret Atwood's MaddAdddam Trilogy
Autumn 2014
Introduction to English Literature – Drama and Poetry (analysis of texts)
Autumn 2015; Autumn 2016
Introduction to English Literature – Narrative Prose and Theory (analysis of texts)
Spring 2014; Spring 2015
A Theoretical Approach to the Animal Other
Autumn 2013
Workshops
“Books Reviews and Academic and Alt-Ac Editing” – Delivered to PhD Day 2021, hosted by the Conférence Universitaire de Suisse Occidentale (CUSO). https://english.cuso.ch/reports-from-the-field
"Writing the Argumentative Essay" – Delivered to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Masters Program, 25 April 2017.
"Group-Writing the Argumentative Essay" – Delivered to the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Masters Program, 27 April 2017.
Qualifiers
Tenacious
Team-oriented
Self-motivated
Highly organized
Creative
Languages
English (Native speaker)
French (Fluent)