Revitalized and directed historic small press, now one of the most active presses in the University of California system. Coordinated all aspects of planning, editing, designing, printing, marketing, selling, and distributing hundreds of CSRC books, periodicals, and media. Hired, trained, and supervised eight employees, including editors, a designer, a programmer, and business staff. Responsible for keeping all projects on deadline and under budget. Administered all legal matters, including copyright, licenses, and contracts. Took the center and press fully online.
Freelance Copyeditor, for academic presses, 1994–2000.
Copyedited scholarly books and journals for Oxford University Press, Routledge, University of California Press, Ohio University Press, Harcourt Brace, National Museum of African Art, and UCLA departments.
Senior Editor, UCLA African Bibliography Project, Los Angeles, CA, 1989-1992.
Edited an electronic and print bibliography on contemporary Africa. Abstracted 2,000 books and articles. Copyedited 17,000 citations and proofread 1,300 pages of text.
Assistant Editor, Educational Challenges, Inc., Washington, DC.
Edited elementary through high school textbooks for publishing subcontractor.
Editorships
Contributing Editor, Tsehai Publishers, Los Angeles, CA, 2006–present.
For the African Tribune, an online African news website.
Editorial Board Member, Tsehai Publishers., Los Angeles, CA, 1997–present.
For books and International Journal of Ethiopian Studies, an annual peer-reviewed journal.
Editorial Board Member, Los Angeles, CA, 2005–present.
For Journal of Pan African Studies, a quarterly online journal.
Series Co-Editor, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2007.
For the Chicano Archives, a book series on special collections about Mexican Americans.
Managing Editor, UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press, Los Angeles, CA, 2005-2007.
For the Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, the peer-reviewed journal of record in the field since 1970.
For the Latino Policy & Issues Brief, a periodical series on policy-related research about Latinos launched in 2002.
For the CSRC Research Report, an online periodical of research on Latinos launched in 2003.
Contributing Editor, UCLA Comparative Literature, Los Angeles, CA, 1996-1997.
For Suitcase: A Journal of Transcultural Traffic, a new journal of international literature and politics.
Consultant, Ufahamu, UCLA African Studies Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Associate Editor, Potter’s House Press, Washington, DC.
Editor, Drumbeat, Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Tamale, Ghana.
Co-founding Editor, A Single Voice, Mount Holyoke College, MA.
Editor-in-Chief, The Sentinel, Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, WA.
