Assistant Project

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Accomplished writer, editor, researcher, communications strategist and

teacher

Have applied writing, research and management skills to engineering, legal,

healthcare, academic and publishing projects

Highly organized, detail-oriented multi-tasker

Demonstrated success in project management and coordination

Proficient in multiple software programs, including MS Office Suite and

Adobe CS4 InDesign, and expert at Internet navigation for research

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

November, 2005-July, 2009: URS CORPORATION, San Jose, CA

. Technical Writer: Under contract with the California Department of

Transportation (Caltrans), worked full-time, onsite at Caltrans' District

4 (D4) offices supporting the Division of Design (Design). Wrote, edited,

and proofread correspondence, engineering reports, manuals, D4 directives

and other policy/procedural documents, web text, fact sheets, PowerPoint

presentations, Excel project tracking spreadsheets, flyers, brochures and

more. Project-managed/coordinated Design website, standing meetings and

task orders. Developed and taught technical writing workshops to over 200

Design engineers and architects. Served as a writing/editorial resource

to D4 Design, working closely with executives on a regular basis and

assisting other divisions and districts as needed.

Summer, 2004-June, 2005: INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, San Francisco Bay Area

. Freelance Writer and Project Coordinator: Relying on corporate and other

style guides, including The Chicago Manual of Style and The Associated

Press Stylebook, researched, wrote, edited, copy-edited and proofread

material (newsletter articles, correspondence, spreadsheets, etc.) for

clients including Kaiser Permanente and the UCSF Center on Aging.

Coordinated maintenance of Kaiser's "Clinical Library" website.

July, 2002-April, 2004: OFFICE OF LABOR MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP, KAISER

PERMANENTE (KP), Oakland, CA

Communications Specialist: Researched, wrote, edited and proofread material

for KP publications, the Labor Management Partnership (LMP) Internet site,

a national bi-weekly newsletter, and other communications collateral.

Participated in website development and launch; managed the site's

maintenance. Along with KP colleagues and Labor partners, strategized and

promoted Partnership messages and best practices. Coordinated production

and dissemination of interregional LMP communications and marketing tools.

January-May, 2002: INSTITUTE FOR THE MEDICAL HUMANITIES, UNIVERSITY OF

TEXAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, Galveston, TX

Visiting Scholar, Postdoctoral Research Appointment: Wrote for The Medical

Humanities Review, the Institute's journal. Participated in weekly

colloquia and symposia. Researched and drafted sections of book project,

Literary Responses to Illness in Contemporary America. Presented research

to other members of institute.

March-December, 2001: KAISER PERMANENTE (SPHERION), Oakland, CA

. Training Coordinator: Coordinated, and supervised production of materials

for, national educational programs. Edited, proofread and disseminated

materials for trainings. Drafted correspondence, announcements and

schedules for LMP classes.

August-October 2000: COVIGO, Belmont, CA

Contract Technical Writer: Co-created, organized and edited an Intranet

site to document the software engineering development process at this pre-

IPO wireless Internet company. Wrote and revised content for company

website. Edited marketing documents.

1991-1999: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA,

Santa Barbara, CA

Writing Instructor and Teaching Assistant: Taught research techniques,

writing, analysis and grammar to students from a wide range of backgrounds.

Developed course design, instructional materials and assignments. Evaluated

and edited student papers for structure, logic, style, insight, grammar and

mechanics.

Editorial Assistant: Researched and participated in selecting poems for

MotherSongs: Poems by, for, and about Mothers (ed., Gilbert, Gubar, and

O'Hehir, NY: W.W. Norton).

Research Assistant: Evaluated, copyedited and proofread scholarly papers.

Helped organize and manage international interdisciplinary conference.

Researched topics using library databases, the Internet, periodicals and

other sources.

1987-1990: MORRISON AND FOERSTER, San Francisco, CA

Paralegal: Summarized depositions and drafted correspondence. Performed

legal research. Analyzed, organized and indexed documents. Copyedited and

proofread legal briefs and checked citations. Filed court documents.

Summer 1986: CHELSEA HOUSE PUBLISHING CO., New Haven, CT

. Research/Editorial Assistant: Researched, analyzed and selected essays

for three anthologies (on Sylvia Plath, H.D., and Shakespeare's Measure

for Measure) in the Critical Cosmos Series edited by Harold Bloom.

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA, Santa Barbara, CA

. Ph.D. in English, 2000

Dissertation Topic: Literary Responses to Illness in Contemporary

America

YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, CT

B.A. in English, 1986

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