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Ph.D. in English Literature, coursework in progress.
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Master of Arts in Poetry, May 1998. Completed original thesis, a collection of 25 poems.
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry, September 1997. Completed original thesis on Ezra Pound's Cathay.
Mellon Fellow in Humanistic Studies, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2002
Honors and Distinction, English Literature, Stanford University, 1997
Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, Stanford University, 1997
DailyCandy, New York, New York
Jan 2002-present: Copyedit fashion-culture features sent daily by e-mail to subscribers.
Details, New York, New York
Jul 2002-Jul 2003: Copyedit features and front and back matter for the monthly lifestyle magazine for men.
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland
Jan 2003-present: Proofread book manuscripts, including Melodies Unheard: Essays on the Mysteries of Poetry by Anthony Hecht and The Concepts of Psychiatry by S. Nassir Ghaemi.
Princeton Architectural Press, New York, New York
Oct 2001-present: Copyedit book manuscripts, including Pamphlet Architecture 24 and 25; Bent Ply: The Art of Plywood Furniture; Architecture and the Sciences; Reclaiming the American West; and Make It Bigger, by the renowned graphic designer Paula Scher.
Style.com, New York, New York
Sept 2002-present: Copyedit daily features and display copy for the online home of Vogue and W magazines. Copyedit runway reviews, display text, and captions for the site's real-time coverage of the international ready-to-wear and couture fashion shows.
Taschen America, New York, New York
Aug 2001: Manuscript editor of Great Leap Forward (December 2001), about an urbanism project that Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas conducted in the Pearl River Delta region of China.
Time Out New York, New York, New York
Jan 1999-Aug 2002: Copyedited features, profiles, reviews, and listings on page and on screen for the weekly guide to entertainment in the city. Contributed book reviews, an interview with the U.S. poet laureate, and a report on the 2001 Barnard Summit on women's leadership. Copy editor of the annual Eating & Drinking Guide.
Visionaire Publishing, New York, New York
Sept 2001-August 2003: Copy editor of V Magazine, the company's bimonthly magazine of fashion and fashion culture. Created magazine's style guide. Copyedited premiere issue of VMAN. Copyedited Dreaming in Print, which documents the first ten years of Visionaire.
Staffed editorial: September 1998-June 2001
Interiors, New York, New York
Associate editor: Jul-Sept 2000, Apr-Jun 2001
Edited departments. Wrote monthly column. Called in projects for review. Copyedited and line-edited page proofs and bluelines. Researched and selected featured projects for the October 2000 Dotcom issue. Created and maintained magazine's style guide.
I.D. Magazine, New York, New York
Annual Design Review editor: Oct 1999-Jun 2000
Recruited and managed a staff of eight to conduct a high-profile, independently juried international design competition. Wrote the editor's note, edited two categories, and directed the editorial content of the Annual Design Review, the largest issue of the year.
The Paris Review, New York, New York
Editorial intern: Sept-Dec 1998
Fact-checked and screened manuscripts. Selected letters by Donald Hall for the
45th-anniversary issue.
Interview with U.S. poet laureate Billy Collins, Time Out New York, September 13-20, 2001
Examination of the June 1946 issue of Interiors magazine, Interiors, June 2001
Feature profile of an architecture firm that specializes in dotcom offices, Interiors, October 2000
Editor's note for the Annual Design Review issue, I.D. Magazine, July/August 2000
Proficient with the Chicago Manual of Style and Words into Type
Conversant in French and Spanish