About Myself I have worked in publishing for more than twenty-five years, variously as an editor, a typesetter, and a copyright manager. I have extensive experience of editing, proofreading, indexing, on-screen editing/indexing, typesetting, computer graphic design, academic writing and journalism. On another page is a more detailed Curriculum Vitae.     Updated 27 May 2007 Editing Experience My clients are mostly academic publishers, and I specialize in the following subjects. Click on the highlighted words for a list of the books I have worked on most recently: Social Sciences and Cultural History Biography, Memoirs, and History Gender Studies and Sexual Politics Literature and Philosophy Linguistics Media Studies Education and Health Accountancy and Business Management I have also edited/proofread various Dissertations and Theses for private students from Japan, Hong Kong, Turkey, Germany, Poland, Hungary, the Scandinavian countries and the United States. I specialize particularly in improving the English of non-native-English speakers studying in advanced academic institutions. I have edited theses on subjects such as political economy, sociology of gender issues, religious history, literary history, economic studies of pension reforms and unemployment. My recent editing work for private individuals has included the following: 90-thousand word dissertation on political economy and the transition to capitalism in postwar Thailand for a Thai student 83,000-word dissertation on internaional migration and the Korean transnational community in Britain and the US for a Korean student 16,000 word thesis on British policy in Iraz for a British student 50,000-word dissertation on Thai manufacturing exports for a Thai student 7,000-word thesis on Slavonic/Polish studies for a Polish consultant 60,000-word dissertation on music for an Italian student media thesis for a Taiwanese student 120,000-word doctoral dissertation on political science for a Turkish student doctoral dissertation on prostitution in Thailand for a Thai student 36,000-word masters thesis on writing by African-American women 90,000-word doctoral dissertation on sociology for a Swedish student doctoral dissertation on the history of science for a Turkish student academic article on Japanese immigration into Hong Kong a 40,000-word masters thesis on African-American literature a history article for a foreign ambassador a doctoral dissertation in sociology for an Asian student a master's thesis in history for a Turkish student a business management article for a Brazilian professor a history article for a Japanese diplomat an economic article for a Lloyd's of London financial manager a trip report for a director of an NGA conference presentations for young graduates beginning their academic careers. CONTACT DETAILS I am based in London, but I can receive and send documents as e-mail file attachments using virtually any standard word-processing package: e.g. files in Word 7 for Windows ME or Windows 95, or Word 6 for Windows 3.1 or Windows 95; or files in WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS; or files in Word 4 for Macintosh; or files in Rich Text Format (*.rtf); or files in ASCII text. I can also receive and edit all Microsoft Office files. For example, I have edited Powerpoint Presentations for Compaq and for Siemens. Writing I have a PhD in English literature, and I have written many articles myself on English literature and history, as well as four books and two anthologies, and am a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Pages updated 27 May 2007