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Mike Kolakoski

Education

2001 — 2003                   

George Mason University                                                  Fairfax, Virginia

§     M.A., English Literature.

§     Concentration in Cultural Studies, 19th Century American and African American Literature.

1995 — 1999       

James Madison University                                        Harrisonburg, Virginia

§     B.A., English Literature.

§     Concentration in British and American Literature, with a minor in philosophy.

Professional Experience

February 2003 — August 2003      

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences         Washington, D.C.

Editorial Coordinator

§     Maintained Editorial Assistant responsibilities and duties, along with a 50% increase in workload.

§     Trained and supervised new employees on the procedural process of the journal’s review system.

§     Created and implemented weekly report designed to better correlate manuscript numbers with their respective duration in the office.

§     Produced the lowest turn-times among editorial staff leading to several departmental rewards and benefits.

 

June 2001 – February 2003           

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences         Washington, D.C.

Editorial Assistant

§     Facilitated the three-tiered, peer-review process for one of the nation’s leading multi-disciplinary scientific journals.

§     Served as the primary correspondent between authors, editors and peer-reviewers.

§     Awarded opportunity to work on 2002 Supramolecular Chemistry and Self-assembly Special Feature.

 

August 2000 – April 2001      

Spherion Corporation                                                        Vienna, Virginia

Editorial Temp

§     Researched and reviewed various dining and entertainment venues nationwide for DigitialCity.com, a branch of America Online.

§     Wrote and edited venue descriptions for publication on DigitalCity.com.

Writing
Experience

 

The Breeze

§     Contributing writer to James Madison University’s official newspaper.
1995-1998.

Daily-News Record

§     Correspondent for regional newspaper serving Harrisonburg, Virginia.
1998.

References

Scott Trafton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, GMU                  703-993-2782.
Bridget Coughlin, Ph.D., Managing Editor, PNAS                202-334-1370. Daniel Salsbury, Editorial Manager, PNAS                          202-334-2682.