Lori R. - Retired writing professor can help you become a more confident and effective writer!

I've been working as a freelance editor, writing tutor, and translator (German to English) for 24 years. Additionally, I have 15 years of experience teaching at the following institutions: Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ, USA), The University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA), The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI, USA), and Denison University (Granville, Ohio, USA). My freelance clients and my classroom students have been consistently successful in meeting their academic and professional goals, from getting higher grades to improving their pronunciation of individual sounds of the English language to graduating with honors, getting accepted to graduate school, and publishing articles in respected academic journals! Over the course of fifteen years, I've taught the following subjects: +beginner-level German +English as a Second Language (all levels) +academic writing for native and nonnative speakers of English +academic oral communication for nonnative speakers of English +grammar and style for native and nonnative speakers of English +pedagogy courses that help teachers work effectively with students who are not native speakers of the classroom language. I hold degrees from the following universities: +The University of Wisconsin-Madison - PhD in ESL Teacher Education and MA in German Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition +Northern Arizona University - Graduate Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language +Kansas State University - BA in Modern Languages with an emphasis on German Literature I retired from classroom instruction a few years ago so that I could focus on my own creative writing as well as offer my tutoring services to a broader audience of traditional and non-traditional students --- including you!