#AskDrEditor: Being understood outside your discipline

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The ninth Ask Dr. Editor column provides concrete steps to help you ensure that readers outside your discipline will understand your key words & concepts: “Being understood outside your discipline: how to immerse yourself in the linguistic world in which your readers live,Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Being understood outside your discipline”

#AskDrEditor: How to publish compelling, collaboratively written journal articles

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The eighth Ask Dr. Editor column digs into best practices for collaborative publishing: how to share a single authorial voice, to incorporate an innovate structure, to communicate with your editor, and to fight the goddamned patriarchy: “Authoring together: How to publish compelling, collaboratively writtenContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to publish compelling, collaboratively written journal articles”

#AskDrEditor: Borrowing fresh eyes for your academic writing

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The seventh Ask Dr. Editor column describes how to use three of my favourite free online algorithms to support your editing processes: “Borrowing Fresh Eyes for Your Academic Writing.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!

#AskDrEditor: Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The sixth Ask Dr. Editor column focuses on strategies to surprise and excite your audience during conference presentations: “Proposing and Structuring Conference Papers.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!

#AskDrEditor: How to craft an organizational structure for your research article

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The fifth Ask Dr. Editor column investigates how visualization strategies can help you to determine the shape that best fits your argument: “How to craft an organizational structure for your research article.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!

#AskDrEditor: How to write a statement of teaching philosophy that shines

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The fourth Ask Dr. Editor question comes from a sociologist who wants to learn some strategies she can draw on when drafting her statement of teaching philosophy. Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me! Would you like me to editContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to write a statement of teaching philosophy that shines”

#AskDrEditor: Strategic Paragraph Structuring

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The third Ask Dr. Editor question comes from a literature scholar who wants to ensure their voice isn’t overpowered by the quotations they include in their manuscript: I chose my academic field – modernist literature – because I love the language that theContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: Strategic Paragraph Structuring”

#AskDrEditor: Your Reader is a Little Bit Drunk

My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is now available through UniversityAffairs.ca. The second Ask Dr. Editor question comes from a faculty member who isn’t sure how to advise her trainees as they write their job application materials. Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!