Thesis and Dissertation Advisors -
English Language
JEFF KARON
JEFF KARON is a writer, teacher, and consultant who has helped students and professionals for over twenty years. He has edited, revised, and proofread publications that include reports, theses, dissertations, textbooks, proposals, essays, stories, and articles. His Ph.D. is in English with a specialization in Rhetoric and Composition, a choice that signals his devotion to clarity and power in language. Prior to his years as an English professor, he studied and taught philosophy, critical thinking, linguistics, and logic, publishing in these fields as well as in literary studies. He has led writing and editing workshops for students, teachers, and artists. Currently, he is leading creativity workshops and developing ways to build honor in the classroom and workplace.
He assists masters and doctoral students with topic selection, content organization, proofreading, format consistency, editing/revising for clarity, editing/revising for development.
As a writer and teacher, he believes that we should strive for excellence by practicing effective and fair techniques at all times. He has combined a life-long interest in the martial arts with writing: if you choose to work with him, he will ensure that your writing is powerful, not merely competent.
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Specialist in APA, AAA, Harvard and Turabian Documentation.
SUZANNE MANNESS is an English professor specializing in technical and business writing. She has written and edited technical manuals, informational brochures, business proposals, and grants. She has also written computer user manuals and technical instrumentation directions. Additionally, she has edited many medical textbooks and medical articles on such subjects as heart transplants, pain management, and anesthesiology. She is an expert in all documentation systems such as Chicago Style, Harvard, APA, American Anthropological Association, and MLA. Her specialty is taking complex material and translating that material into a clear, concise, audience-friendly document.
- Technical writing and editing
- Academic/scholarly writing and editing (theses and dissertations)
- Formatting specialist: APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, Harvard, AMA, and AAA.
Recommended by Nova Southeastern University, Capella, Walden, The University of Phoenix, and Northcentral University - Thesis and dissertation advising
JAMES T. McDONOUGH JR.
JAMES T. McDONOUGH JR., Ph.D. is a thesis and dissertation writing consultant and editor. He helps students and young professionals plan research, organize it, evaluate the soundness of the argumentation, and write and rewrite the English until it is publishable. He also enjoys helping persons with Ph.D.s prepare their dissertation or other research for publication by university presses and trade publishers.
He has edited material translated from Greek and Latin. Subjects have included Roman history, Catholic schools, Jews and Gentiles in the ancient world, Martin Luther, World War II, the Bible, foreign phrases used in English contexts, and biographies. He has also edited a medical dictionary, a historical novel on the First Crusade, and encyclopedia articles.
Formatting expertise: Chicago Manual of Style, Turabian.
PENNY NEWBURY
Scope: Contemporary American literature, modern British literature, linguistics, poetry, critical theory, philosophy, gender studies, health care studies, social work, psychology, non-profit management, criminal justice, international studies, political science, cultural studies, philosophy, travel narratives, linguistics, grant writing, business English.
PENNY NEWBURY holds a Ph.D. in English with a concentration in critical theory, American and modern British literature, and cultural studies. Her dissertation was a published novel. She's taught literature, creative writing, feminist criticism and theory, poetry, and linguistics. One of her specialties is translating complex concepts into prose that's easy to understand, so that these ideas can be transformed into concrete projects.
During her tenure with this network she has worked primarily as a writing advisor for dissertation and thesis development as well as professional/academic journal article development. She works closely with clients who need to focus on thesis development and defense, reviewing the important yet paradoxically often-overlooked issues of the academic vs. lay audience, the writer’s plans for future publication/expansion of the document, and the presentation of a true thesis as opposed to a mere academic exercise
LES ROKA
Dr. Les Roka has been a public relations professor at Utah State University and the University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. in journalism and mass communication from Ohio University.
He empathizes with those undertaking extensive writing projects, and he is willing to help writers meet the challenge at virtually any stage of the writing process - from selecting topics to framing good research questions to organizing content and to presenting results and conclusions in clear, detailed language. He is comfortable in a fairly wide realm of topics, which extend beyond public relations, including journalism history, popular culture, music, criticism, integrated marketing communication, public policy issue management, crisis communication, and media message planning and management for organizations.
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