Jeffrey Lee Ludwig

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Education
Ph.D. in English Studies
Illinois State University | Normal, IL 2006

M.A. in English
St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud, MN 2000

B.A. in English (Honors Program)

St. Cloud State University | St. Cloud, MN 1998

Professional Experience
Editor
FirstEditing.com | Orlando, FL 2011-Present Serve as an academic, fiction, and technical editor with the largest U.S. and U.K. online editing firm; Provide sample edits for authors before contracting; Proofread, edit, and offer content revisions fiction and non-fiction, manuscripts, in addition to technical formatting in Power Point and Word for a wide range of authors and disciplines; Use Words Track Changes and Adobe Acrobat to provide content editing and manuscript corrections for spelling, mechanics, grammar, style, and citation; Proof manuscript to adhere requested style requirements, including The Chicago Manual of Style th th th (6 Edition), MLA (9 Edition), and APA (6 Edition). 2011-Present

Editor/Proofreader
Parlor Press | Anderson, SC Proofread, edit, and format manuscript copy for Parlor Press authors to see their work into print, Use Words Track Changes to provide spelling, mechanical, grammar, stylistic, and citation corrections to academic writers and scholars; Proof manuscript format to adhere to discipline-specific style requirements, which requires th th th knowledge of The Chicago Manual of Style (16 Edition), MLA (9 Edition), APA (6 Edition), and Parlor Presss Authors Guide.

Writing Program Lecturer

University of Denver | Denver, CO 20062011 Designed and instructed first-year writing, argumentation, and research writing courses; Delivered course content, activities, and discussions using Word, Adobe Acrobat, Prezi, PowerPoint, Scribd, and Camtasia Relay; Managed individual and collaborative student writing projects; Trained students to present their work using software such as Word, Microsoft Publisher, Movie Maker, Audacity, and PowerPoint, and Google Docs; Developed and instructed exclusively online writing courses using a modular approach.

Writing Instruction Consultant

University of Denver | Denver, CO 20062011 Consulted on research projects to aid departments across campus develop writing instruction; Led an interdisciplinary research project that examined the amounts, kinds, and expectations of writing in the Economics major; Developed interview-based research to gather and synthesize qualitative data concerning writing

Jeffrey Lee Ludwig 2 instruction in upper-level, required classes. Created content-specific publications for training sessions on Responding to Student Writing and Writing to Enhance Learning; 20092011

First-Year Adviser
University of Denver | Denver, CO Developed training materials to orient first-year students to the curriculum and registration process; Led student orientation sessions utilizing Word, PowerPoint, and Photoshop to discuss the universitys Honor Code, appropriate classroom behavior, and academic dishonesty. 20002006

Instructor of Writing, Department of English

Illinois State University | Normal, IL Developed online course content using Adobe Dreamweaver; Taught a variety of first-year writing courses for basic and advanced writers; Designed major assignments, lesson plans, collaborative activities, and discussions; Utilized Word for student document management, including reviewing features. 20012004

Assistant Writing Program Administrator

Illinois State University | Normal, IL Met weekly with program directors to assess and facilitate instructor needs, plan curricular development activities, and negotiate student-teacher crises; Directly mentored a small cohort of graduate instructors; Aided in course design and the writing of syllabus and course policy documents, major writing assignments, and daily assignments for instructor use; Planned and led yearly program orientation and conferences to prepare new instructors.

Adjunct Instructor
Heartland Community College | Normal, IL 20042006 Created and delivered major assignments, lesson plans, and collaborative activities about writing, argumentation, and research writing through source attribution; Worked with the program director to coordinate feedback on course content and instruction; Contributed to program assessment activities.

Academic Honors
University of Denver Faculty Research Fund Grant, for Writing Pedagogy at Oak Park High School, 19131917, July 2008. Faculty Appreciation Award from the Lambda Delta chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, April 2004. Ernest Hemingway Research Grant, received from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, June 2003. The Anna Keaton English Education Scholarship, presented by the Department of English at Illinois State University, April 2002.

Technical Proficiencies
Operating Systems: Windows, MacOS Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher Adobe Design Software: FrameMaker, Photoshop, Dreamweaver Additional Software: Audacity, Camtasia Relay

Professional Affiliations
American Copy Editors Society National Council of Teachers of English Conference on College Composition and Communication