Editor with expertise in the acquisition, development, copyediting, production, and publication of medical, scholarly, and scientific books and journals. Over 10 years of experience working with authors in the fields of consumer health, classics, higher education, history, medicine, as well as in the earth and interplanetary sciences. Most recently managed several publishing programs at one of the world’s most esteemed university presses, acquiring and overseeing publication of approximately 15 peer-reviewed books annually. Currently working on a freelance basis.

Editor @ Freelance editor for books and journals in a variety of academic and scientific fields. Clients include university and trade presses, association publishers, and individual authors. From 2011 to Present (4 years) Associate Editor @ ➢ Acquired books in the fields of higher education, history of science, and history of technology. ➢ Developed scholarly monographs, course texts, reference works, and trade books with authors, volume editors, and contributors. ➢ Supervised and served as primary contact through all phases of publication, from inception of the idea to printed book. From 2006 to 2011 (5 years) Production Editor @ ➢ Project manager for full-service editorial composition of medical books. ➢ Hired and oversaw freelance editors, proofreaders, and indexers, supervising their work on lengthy and highly technical medical practice and medical education titles. ➢ Created and directed deadline-driven schedules governing the editorial process, art production, adherence to design specifications, typesetting into pages, and revisions for multiple books at a time. ➢ Communicated directly with publishers, authors, contributors, freelancers, and production staff, coordinating the entire composition process from manuscript submission to printed product. From 2005 to 2006 (1 year) Copy Editor @ ➢ Head Copy Editor for Paleoceanography; Head Copy Editor for Radio Science; Acting Head Copy Editor for Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres. ➢ Tracked all accepted articles as they passed through editing; figure revisions; conversion to XML, HTML, and PDF; correction cycle; and publication online. ➢ Primary point of contact for contributing authors, journal editors, and administrative staff. From 2001 to 2005 (4 years)

Bachelor of Arts (BA), English Language and Literature/Letters @ James Madison University From 1995 to 1999 Ashleigh McKown is skilled in: Copy Editing, Publishing, Editorial, Proofreading, Editing, Line Editing, Chicago Manual, AMA style, Textbooks, Chicago Style, Academic Publishing, Structural Editing, Subbing