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Education B.A. English, University of Texas at Austin, December 1989 Ph.D., Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, May 2001 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California San Francisco, School of Medicine, 2004-2006
Editing/Writing-Related
Blogger, EarthSky.org, PKIDs.org, The Biology Files
Science editor, freelance, ongoing Editor of professional research manuscripts for authors whose first language is not English. Part-time telecommute.
Fact checker/writer, Med-IQ
Stringer, Round Rock Leader Writer of a weekly column on health and medicine for this community newspaper.
Science Newswriter, Plexus Publishing, June 2003 through May 2009 Writer of two weekly features on current science and medical news, published in Biology Digest magazine and online, targeting high-school general audience. Part-time telecommute.
Editor, The Scientific World, 2001 Copy editor, editing accepted journal submissions. Part-time telecommute.
Development Editor, Thinkwell, 2000 Editor for texts to accompany online teaching videos for biology for high-school students and college freshmen.
Public Information Officer, Texas Department of Transportation, 1991–1994 Public relations officer, writer, editor, newsletter designer. Don’t Mess with Texas Campaign, environmental affairs. Responsible for weekly news release writing, in-house communications writing, responding to public and news media queries, project management, marketing materials, speechwriting, and organizing and conducting public affairs workshops.
Technical Editor, National Instruments; 1990-1991 Special Projects Manager, Keep Texas Beautiful, 1989-1990 Editorial Intern, Texas Monthly Magazine; 1989
Teaching-Related Professional Employment Assistant Professor/Instructor, Biological Sciences, Physics, Chemistry: St. Edwards University, UT-Austin, UC Berkeley, Texas State University: Designed, integrated, and taught university-level courses, some with labs.
Course designer: University of California, Berkeley. Structured and produced course and curriculum for online Genetics course, for which I also served as instructor. 2005-2007
Teacher, English, Spanish, Speech Communications: Designed and taught these courses at the middle-school (6-8 grade) level. Targeted State of Texas required essential elements in developing objectives and curriculum. 1994-1996
Trainer: Mentored medical students, MD/PhDs, and MD residents through their research year(s) in a "training of trainer" role, including monitoring and reporting progress and encouraging results. Instructor for Continuing Medical Education program for MDs. Designer and teacher of short courses and platform sessions for meetings. Designer and teacher of short courses and platform sessions for meetings. Also planned and served as trainer for workshops for the statewide meetings of the Texas Department of Transportation's public affairs officers. 1996-2006
Public speaker: Am an accomplished and engaging public speaker comfortable with any audience.
Additional Information Author, the Complete Idiot’s Guide to College Biology Freelance Writing: Nonspecialist writing has appeared in print in Backpacker, Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine, the Austin-American Statesman, and the Round Rock Leader, among others, and on many Websites. Google “Emily Willingham” or “Emily J. Willingham.”
Project Management: Have managed large labs, editorial teams, and office teams. Am adept at organizing and mapping out project plans and goals and ensuring their completion.
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