The Academic Editor’s Toolkit: Essential Skills & Techniques (panel discussion)
Leslie Castro-Woodhouse, Cara Jordan (moderator), Tess Rankin, Maria Snyder
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMFri
Wright
Academic
Beginner
This panel will address the essential skills and techniques needed to be an academic editor, with an emphasis on copyediting, line editing, and developmental editing. The panelists are all experts in this niche with years of experience and certificates; each will describe their own pathway to becoming an academic editor, discuss the training and temperament necessary for their respective specialties, and provide tips and tricks to navigating the editing process. The panel is intended not only for established academic editors as a means of sharing resources but also for those seeking to enter this field who would like to both network and learn from seasoned professionals. All of the panelists are contributing authors to a forthcoming book about academic editing.