This post is part of Editing After Academia, a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. Andy Park had been a professor of forest ecology for 17 years before deciding to begin training as an editor. He figured freelance editing would help his transition into retirement, but it also opened spaceContinue reading ““The PhD is largely a process of self-education”: Science editor and fiction writer Andy Park“
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“There’s definitely a ‘therapeutic’ element. . . I think that’s probably true of any editing”: Academic Editor Rachel Freedman Stapleton
Over the years, Rachel has sampled both the publishing and academic waters. As an undergraduate, she worked for a literary journal before moving on to a program in book and magazine publishing at Centennial College (now called the “Publishing – Book, Magazine and Electronic program”). After working in the sales department at a publishing house,Continue reading ““There’s definitely a ‘therapeutic’ element. . . I think that’s probably true of any editing”: Academic Editor Rachel Freedman Stapleton”
“The exciting work happens here, and editors can work at that intersection”: Academic Developmental Editor Pia Kohler
This post is part of Editing After Academia, a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. As an editor, Pia Kohler gets to embrace interdisciplinarity in a way she couldn’t in her years as an academic. With three interdisciplinary degrees under her belt (physical geography, environmental science, and international environmental policy),Continue reading ““The exciting work happens here, and editors can work at that intersection”: Academic Developmental Editor Pia Kohler”
“I get to invigorate my life now by reading widely again”: Academic Editor Sarah O’Brien
This post is part of Editing After Academia, a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. After Sarah O’Brien defended her dissertation, she walked into the office of her department’s Director of Graduate Studies and was handed a list of Mellon postdoctoral positions. At the time of her graduation, in 2012,Continue reading ““I get to invigorate my life now by reading widely again”: Academic Editor Sarah O’Brien”
“I don’t care if it was sweeping floors–everything I’ve done has been valuable”: J. Colleen Berry, Editor
This post is part of Editing After Academia, a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. As a first-generation student, Colleen Berry had already adopted an mindset of chasing the value rather than the title. Whether it was sweeping floors or teaching abroad or at a university, early on she developedContinue reading ““I don’t care if it was sweeping floors–everything I’ve done has been valuable”: J. Colleen Berry, Editor”
“That enthusiasm for learning really takes you a long way”: Fiction Editor Erin Parker
This post is the first installment of “Editing After Academia,” a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. Nearing the end of her PhD, Erin Parker realized that academia wasn’t going to be a sustainable path for her. “There was so much I loved about the PhD that I wanted toContinue reading ““That enthusiasm for learning really takes you a long way”: Fiction Editor Erin Parker “
“A very long and very twisted journey”: Academic Editor Eden Kaiser
This post is part of Editing After Academia, a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. In the middle of an interview for a tenure-track job, Eden Kaiser (edeneditorial.com) realized she was in the wrong profession. Throughout her PhD program in Linguistics, no one had explained to her that she couldContinue reading ““A very long and very twisted journey”: Academic Editor Eden Kaiser”
“It’s constantly interesting. There’s always a new thing”: Technical Editor Mike Pope
This post is a part of “Editing After Academia,” a series that spotlights editors who have found fulfilling careers outside academia. Mike didn’t chart a deliberate pathway into editing. Instead, he moved almost accidentally from graduate school into the computer industry, where he did “just about everything.” He thinks the critical thinking and reading skillsContinue reading ““It’s constantly interesting. There’s always a new thing”: Technical Editor Mike Pope “