Portland OR 97202
USA
Phone:
(860) 538-0664
E-mail:
mheffley@wesleyan.edu
URL:
www.almatour.org
Work
Experience
(9/05-present,
in Portland, Oregon)
Currently working on a Guggenheim Fellowship project, and teaching Humanities and Writing courses, on ground and online, for University of Phoenix.
(1993-2005,
in Middletown, Connecticut)
Yale University Press (New
Haven, CT, London)
Contracted author
2000-2005
My
duties included researching for, writing, copyediting and
proofreading, and working with editors to format for production my
second 500-page academic monograph (Northern Sun, Southern Moon:
Europe's Reinvention of Jazz) for 2005 publication.
Rutgers University Department of English (New Brunswick, NJ, commute)
Writing Instructor
2000-2002
I was
responsible for teaching two courses to 26 undergraduates per
semester in Expository Writing and Basic Composition. My duties
included preparation of classroom writing work, copyediting and
proofreading students' work, and teaching students the basics of
grammar and style.
Wesleyan University and German government
Research Assistant, Library
Assistant
1997-2000
I was
responsible for traveling to various European sites to conduct
archival research of German- and French-language material and
interviews to generate and translate new material for
Wesleyan's Olin Library. When working in the library, I performed
customer service and the computerized and physical processing of the
music archive's inventory.
Wesleyan University Music Department and Greenwood Press
Research
Assistant, Editor-for-hire, and Contracted Author
1993-1996
For
Wesleyan, I copyedited, proofread, and transcribed handwritten
musical materials into computerized notation for professional
publication; and I copyedited and proofread manuscripts of
dissertations, theses, articles and books by foreign graduate
students and faculty, checking them for idiomatic English, grammar,
and style. I worked as graduate teaching assistant to internationally
celebrated musician Anthony Braxton. For Greenwood, my duties include
researching for, writing, copyediting and proofreading, and working
with editors to format for production my first 500-page academic
monograph (The Music of Anthony Braxton) for 1996 publication.
(1985-1993,
in Eugene, Oregon)
Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Antioch University, Pacific Rim Players, Inc., and
Tri-Centric Foundation
Curriculum
Writer/General Manager/Grantwriter/Publicist
1990-1996
After
six-month internship, I was hired by the Hult Center for the
Performing Arts (one of the top-ten ranked presenters in the country
then) to write promotional and press copy in the Marketing and
Programming Division. For Antioch, I contracted to design a graduate
course of study in Arts Administration, a rarity for the time. For
both Pacific Rim Players, Inc. (an Oregon nonprofit) and the
Tri-Centric Foundation, Inc. (the New York nonprofit of MacArthur
Fellow, composer Anthony Braxton), I wrote grant proposals for arts
events, generating $100,000+ in grants, in-kind donations, and earned
income; and I designed and wrote publicity and promotional materials
for the events.
Aster
Publishing, Inovec
Proofreader,
Editorial Assistant, Technical Writer
1988-90
For
Aster, I proofread scientific trade magazines for language and style;
and I researched for, wrote, and edited articles assigned to me. For
Inovec, I converted disparate data about industrial software into lay
terms for a user’s manual; I produced the manual on a desktop
publisher (Ventura).
SELF
Freelance
Journalist/Author/Musician/Temp-/Trades worker
1985-present
Queried
about, proposed, and wrote some three hundred articles, columns, book
and music reviews, interviews, and scholarly papers to major local,
regional, national, and international newspapers, magazines, academic
journals, conference publications, and presses. As temp worker, have
accumulated roughly two years of
word-processing/proofreading/editorial work, mainly as legal
transcriptionist and secretary. Also, 10+ years in
construction-related work.
Education:
University of Oregon
B.S., Journalism, 1977
Antioch University
M.A., Music/Arts Administration, 1993
Wesleyan University
Ph.D., Ethnomusicology, 2000
Skills:
Extensive
experience with Chicago Manual of Style, APA
and other style guides, both global and in-house. Knowledge of
proofreading and copyediting standards, conventions, and symbols.
Thorough familiarity with (my own copies of) several standard
dictionaries and writing references. Strong experience with standard
Word Processors (mostly MS Word/Office), Desktop Publishing (Ventura,
Quark, Adobe), music notation software (Finale). Strong, fast
keyboard and organizational skills. Legal-transcriptionist skills.
Good reader of German and French. Familiar with spreadsheets (mostly Excel)
and Quicken.