Scholarly editing and writing from a published academic. I help researchers and graduate students get theses, dissertations, and articles ready to submit. Clearly argued, properly cited.

I'm a Canadian academic editor and writer. I work with researchers, graduate students, and academics who need their writing to be clearer, tighter, and ready for submission, and I edit and write across the humanities and social sciences: theses, dissertations, journal articles, literature reviews, grant and funding applications, and course materials.
I hold two master's degrees, in political theory (University of Toronto) and public administration (Higher School of Economics, Moscow), and finished top of my class in both. This autumn I begin a PhD in political theory at Sciences Po Paris. My own work is published: a monograph, a peer-reviewed article comparing Arendt and Fanon, and conference papers on human trafficking and demography. So I'm not editing from the outside. I know what a strong argument looks like, how a literature review should be built, and what reviewers and committees actually want to see.
Alongside the research, I've spent more than a decade teaching internationally, in China, Mongolia, Colombia, and Morocco, including AP Seminar, English literature, and the social sciences. Years of marking student work taught me to find the weak joint in an argument quickly and to tighten prose without flattening the author's voice.
What you get is careful, deliverable-based work: clear writing, sound structure, accurate citations (APA, MLA, Chicago), and honest feedback rather than flattery. As a native English speaker, I'm a good fit for researchers writing in English as an additional language who want their ideas to read as sharply as they think them. I take deadlines seriously and will tell you up front if a timeline isn't realistic.
Before academia I flew aircraft for the Canadian military, which is probably why I'm calm under a tight turnaround and meticulous about the details. When I'm not editing, I'm usually reading political philosophy or working on my French ahead of the move to Paris.
Tell me what you're working on and where it needs to get to, and I'll give you an honest read on how I can help.

Work Terms

I work remotely with clients in any time zone. Most of my work is deliverable-based rather than billed by the hour, so what matters is the delivery date, which I confirm before starting and hold to.
Communication: I work through Guru's messaging, which keeps a clear record of scope, decisions, and any changes. Before a larger project, I'm glad to talk through the brief so the scope is clear from the start. I reply within 24 hours, usually sooner.
How to start: Send the document or a clear description of what you need, with the deadline and any formatting or citation requirements (APA, MLA, Chicago, and so on). I'll give you a fixed quote or an hourly estimate and a realistic delivery date before any work begins. Each editing project includes one round of follow-up revisions on the work I deliver.
Payment: Projects run through Guru's SafePay, so terms are protected on both sides. We agree scope and price in writing first. For larger jobs I work in milestones, usually with a deposit to start and the balance on delivery.
Confidentiality: I treat every document as confidential and am happy to sign an NDA. Your unpublished work stays yours; I never reuse or share it.