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300 West Pine Street Nederland, Colorado 80466 |
303-443-0252 (h) |
Mike Kolakoski
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Writing |
The Breeze § Contributing
writer to James Madison University’s official newspaper. Daily-News Record § Correspondent
for regional newspaper serving Harrisonburg, Virginia. |
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References |
Scott Trafton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, GMU 703-993-2782. |