THERESA WINCHELL
Copyeditor
www.theresawinchell.com
theresawinchell@gmail.com
1.720.668.4162
My Experience
- Specialization in scholarly content for the humanities. My niche is university press books and monographs.
- To do my best work, I find subject matter knowledge matters: cultural anthropology; feminist studies; American, European, and Middle Eastern history and politics; medieval studies; religion and spirituality; and dance history, theory, and criticism.
- Previous: Ethnochoreologist, 22 years.
My Editorial Strengths
- Acknowledged for my communication skills: diplomatic, clear, conversational.
- I listen deeply, identifying and maintaining language as authors choose to use it, in the voice they choose to speak with. Nuance guides me. There is no “standard” in standard English.
- I write well, but I’m not an author. This is a good thing. It means I have no desire to make an author’s words my own.
- In-depth style sheets; comments offer essential clarifications and useful options for moving forward, not dry grammar lessons and nonnegotiable directives.
- Obsessive documentation stylist. I actually enjoy editing those dreaded citations (esp. archival).
Clients
As of 2024: University of California Press, University of Arizona Press, Ohio University Press, Ohio State University Press, University of North Carolina Press, and Mountaineers Books.
Copyediting Skills
Substantive: logic, semantics, and usage; linguistic register; continuity of voice; grammar, syntax, and structure. Mechanical: spelling; punctuation; research and format documentation; treat art, charts, graphs, headings, images, lists, and tables; tag and cross-check typographic style elements; fact-checking; navigate bias, libel, plagiarism, and privacy concerns.
Tools
Chicago Manual of Style and I are best friends. Microsoft Office environment. Editing via Word’s Track Changes and Comments, and press editorial managements systems.
Qualifications
- University of California, San Diego; Copyediting Program certificate; 2012
- The Poynter Institute; Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing; 2015
- Lancaster University, UK; Corpus Linguistics: Method, Analysis, Interpretation; 2015
- San Diego State University; extensive coursework in cultural anthropology and dance; 1986–1994