Hi, it’s nice to meet you
I’m Madeline, an editor/writer/researcher, and I would love to help you present your ideas and make them shine. Whether it’s a thesis or a brand identity, your voice matters to me. I can emulate your style and tone—and bring it to the next level.
For academics and entrepreneurs alike, clarity can make or break how your audience understands your message. With my background in neuroscience and philosophy, I really get how people think, and I apply that knowledge to your writing. I can bring big, complex ideas down to real terms that are more approachable—without losing the nuance.
Qualifications
B.S. in Neuroscience & Behavioral Biology from Emory University with a double major in Philosophy (ethics and ancient philosophy mostly)
A good chunk of a Ph.D. in Behavioral & Systems Neuroscience at UC Berkeley
7 years of neuroscience research experience
5 (and counting) years of editing experience.
And just so you know a little more about me as an actual real person, I live in Atlanta with my husband and our two cats, Lucy and Titan. In my free time, I like attempting to sew and knit my own clothes, trying to befriend the birds who come to my porch, and cooking genuinely amazing food (for the most part).
EDITED
2024 works coming soon
2023 – Margaret Nagawa, Insistent Presence exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art. Substantive editing for artist bios, artwork chats, and catalogue essay.
2023 – Sheila Cavanagh Multisensory Shakespeare for Specialized Audiences, Arden Shakespeare Bloomsbury Publishing. Substantive editing and research assistance.
2023 – Rosemary Magee, “‘A True Likeness’: The Shared Legacy of Flannery O’Connor and Sally Fitzgerald,” Narrative essay in collaboration with the Emory Center for Digital Scholarship. Developmental editing.
2022 – Clarissa Mulligan, “Licensed Professional Counselors and Licensed Mental Health Counselors’ Experiences Evaluating Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Clients Prior to Hormone Replacement Therapy,” Capella University PhD Dissertation in Counseling Education & Supervision. Substantive editing.
2022 – Abdulrahman Samandar, “The Road Towards Vision 2030,” Emory University Law School SJD Dissertation. Substantive and developmental editing with ESL considerations, editing and maintaining bibliography, creating a glossary of Arabic terms.
2022 – Mary McCloskey, “Counselors’ Readiness to Adopt Addiction Skills and Self-Efficacy: A Causal-Comparative Study,” Capella University PhD Dissertation in Counseling Education & Supervision. Substantive editing.
2022 – Mark Zeitoun, Reflections: Understanding Our Use and Abuse of Water, Oxford University Press. Substantive editing, indexing.
2022 – Rosemary Erpf, Painting in the 1980s: Reimagining the Medium, Intellect Books. Substantive editing and image sourcing/copyright clearance.
2022 – Rosemary Magee, Family Impromptu: Collected Stories, The Conrad Press. Copyediting and writing back-cover copy.
2021 – Douglas Waters, Jr., “Rethinking Federal Indian Law: Violence Against Native Women as an Indigenous Human Rights Violation,” Emory University Law School SJD Dissertation. Copyediting; indexing; creating bibliography, table of authorities, and table of contents; footnote formatting; and improving aesthetic quality.
2021 – Sucheta Ahlawat, “How Gender Influences Follower Responses to Unethical Leader Behaviour,” Public Management Review, doi: 10.1080/14719037.2021.2000220. Copyediting.
2021 – Allison Kays, “Voluntary Disclosure Responses to Mandatory Disclosure: Evidence from Australian Corporate Tax Transparency,” The Accounting Review, doi: 10.2308/TAR-2018-0262. Copyediting.
2021 – Rosemary Magee, Application for Emory University Heilbrun Distinguished Emeritus Fellowship in support of “‘A True Likeness’: The Shared Legacy of Flannery O’Connor and Sally Fitzgerald.” CV redesign and fellowship proposal developmental editing – Dr. Magee won the fellowship!
2020 – Contracted by Long Engineering, Inc. for Travis Highfield, “A Legacy of Caring: Scholarship Benefits Students Facing Financial Challenges,” Kennesaw State University Magazine, Summer 2021: 16. Copyediting.
2018 – Kevin Corrigan, Love, Friendship, Beauty, and the Good: Plato, Aristotle, and the Later Tradition, Cascade Books. Proofreading.
PUBLISHED
Long, M.R. (2018) Reflections on Empathy and Community. Emory Philosophy Review, 4: 16-26.
Walton, J.C., Long, M.R., Rosenhauer, A.M., McNeill IV, J.K., Albers, H.E. (In prep) Intracellular calcium in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and the resetting of circadian phase, a potential role for CRAC channels.
Walton, J.C., Song, E.Z., Perry, D.M., Long, M.R., Larkin, T.E., Albers, H.E. (In prep) Somatodendritic peptide release and volume transmission in the anterior hypothalamus regulate social communication in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).