Credentials
Kathleen Carter
Deep River Editorial Services
Larikus Scott, Twenty Stories Publishing: "I have known and worked with Kathy for the last thirteen years. As a college professor, she helped me transform my writing as a young academic. I have also worked with Kathy in another capacity since starting Twenty Stories Publishing in 2008. Kathy’s has been a very dependable asset in editing and strategic planning. Her ability to turn projects around quickly, her attention to detail, and her keen insight are among the reasons that we at Twenty Stories look forward to working with her for many years to come."
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Education
B.A. in English and History, Allegheny College
M.A. and Ph.D. in History, Duke University
Graduate Study, Higher Education Administration, College of William & Mary
Employment and Entrepreneurship
The owner-founder of Deep River Editorial Services is a highly qualified and experienced free-lance editor.
Founder, Owner, Webmaster: Cat's Cradle Used, Rare and Out of Print Books, buying and selling books online since 1999.
Mentor and Instructional Content Coach: "Teaching American History" Department of Education grant-funded project, Guilford County Schools.
Consultant Researcher and Writer: High Point Historical Museum
Editorial Reviewer: Read and critiqued book-length manuscripts and on-line ancillary resources for major publishing houses, including Pearson, Thomson, Houghton-Mifflin, W. W. Norton, and others.
Educator: Classroom instructor in history at High Point University (full-time tenured professor), Guilford College, UNC-Greensboro, Paul D. Camp Community College (Franklin, Va.), North Carolina State University, Allegheny College, and Duke University. Title III grant coordinator at Paul D. Camp Community College.
Executive Director: Suffolk (Va.) Office, Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce.
Free-Lance Writer: Articles published in the Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald, the Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star, and various magazines.
Lifestyles Editor and Features Writer/Photographer: Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald.
Other
Technical and Editing Skills: Proficient in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, and Quark. Highly experienced in AP, APA, Chicago and MLA styles.
Managing Editor: Historical Geography (published annually by the Historical Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers)
Managing Editor: Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians
Webmaster: North Carolina Association of Historians
Editor and Publisher: History of Black High Point (forthcoming;working title) by Glenn Chavis
Blogger: Live Simply To Live Well
Editor, Dictionary of History: The Southern States, section on North Carolina (Murrieta, CA: U.S. History Publishers, 2007). Wrote introductory essay, vetted contributions for content, accuracy and writing.
Contributing Author: The Encyclopedia of North Carolina (Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 2006).
Researcher and Writer: Core exhibit script, High Point Historical Museum
Author: "The More Things Change...: Oysters, Public Policy, and Species Decline in the Pamlico Sound, 1880-1900", International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade Conference Proceedings, 2000.
Contributing Author: Tarheel Junior Historian (1996), special issue on technology in North Carolina history.
Author: "'The Aristocracy Must Have Soup': The Terrapin Fishery in Pamlico Sound," Tributaries, Number 2 (October 1992).
Copy Editor: Gerald W. Hartwig and K. David Patterson, eds., Disease in African History: An Introductory Survey and Case Studies (Durham: Duke University Press, 1978). (Under the name Kathleen Sharp.)
Tutor: English as a Second Language, working one-on-one with adults and teenagers.
Portfolio of clips and projects
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Questions
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