During my first year at university, my favorite professor nominated me to be an editor at the writing center. I was honored because I was a geology major, after all. Helping other students write better became the highlight of my week. My editing experiences spanned student essays from English language learners to PhD dissertations from the wildlife and fisheries department. The power of words overcame me. I swapped geology for English and dove into the arts of writing, rhetoric, and literature.
Despite earning three degrees, I could tell I wasn’t finished learning. I wanted to find a way to combine my love of words with my passion for the details of meaning, so I returned to university as a graduate student in linguistics. Around this time, thanks to the internet, I discovered my long-lost best friend from fifth grade, who happened to be teaching in Japan. |
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The Publishing Training Centre (UK English)
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University of Oregon
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