My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece outlines the components of an effective lit review, with a special emphasis on nuance and flow: “Literature reviews that work: Techniques for coherent, analytical lit reviews.” Have a question you want me to answer? Contact me!
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#AskDrEditor: How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece provides tips for demonstrating the value of your work in writing, for promotion and tenure review: “How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents: Be sure your application shows the significance of your work while focusing on your most compelling accomplishments.”Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to write persuasively in promotion and tenure documents”
#AskDrEditor: Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece outlines a four-step communications plan for authors of scholarly monographs in the humanities: “Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar – Part 2: Strategies to extend your monograph’s reach.” Have a question you want me to answer?Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar”
#AskDrEditor: Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece outlines a four-step communications plan for authors of scholarly monographs in the humanities: “Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar – Part 2: Strategies to extend your monograph’s reach.” Have a question you want me to answer?Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Getting your book read when you’re a humanities scholar”
#AskDrEditor: How to get your humanities research read & cited
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece provides three evidence-backed strategies to get humanities journal articles read and cited: “How to get your humanities research read & cited – Part 1: Strategies to extend your journal article’s reach.” Have a question you want me to answer?Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: How to get your humanities research read & cited”
#AskDrEditor: Your grant budget is a mess!
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor piece explains three problems that can contribute to a problematic, messy budget in a grant application: “Your grant budget is a mess! How to demonstrate feasibility in your proposal’s budget and justifying some of those out of the norm expenses.”Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Your grant budget is a mess!”
#AskDrEditor: Simple tricks to add clarity in complex sentences
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor explains why starting your sentence with the word “this” can creative unnecessary ambiguity, and provides a straightforward fix: “Simple tricks to add clarity in complex sentences: The criticism that some academic writing can be difficult to read shouldn’t be ignored.”Continue reading “#AskDrEditor: Simple tricks to add clarity in complex sentences”
#AskDrEditor: Jargon can make for good academic writing
My editing advice column, Ask Dr. Editor, is available through UniversityAffairs.ca. This Ask Dr. Editor details three types of good and not-so-good jargon, and provides a tool for identifying when to edit–and when not to edit–the jargon in your work: “Jargon can make for good academic writing: The use of jargon can be effective inContinue reading “#AskDrEditor: Jargon can make for good academic writing”