Jeanne Barker-Nunn

Current

• Director at J. B. Barker-Nunn & Associates (Self-employed)

Past

• Adjunct Faculty at University of Minnesota
• Managing Editor at Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
• Assistant Professor at Michigan State University

• Instructor at East Carolina University

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Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• East Carolina University
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Writing and Editing

Jeanne Barker-Nunn’s Summary

Jeanne Barker-Nunn is a nationally recognized writing consultant who has worked with scholarly writers for nearly three decades.

Dr. Barker-Nunn understands well the demands and pressures of academic life, having served in the faculties of three universities. She is also very famiiar with the expectations and practices of academic publishing, having served as managing editor of the interdisciplinary journal Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and and as a consulting editor for several scholarly presses. She is also widely read in the available research on academic life and writing.

Since founding J. B. Barker-Nunn & Associates in 1996, she has helped more than a hundred clients from a wide range of fields plan, complete, and publish their scholarly work and advance their careers. Her clients have come from universities and colleges in every region of the country, at every stage in their careers, and from a wide range of scholarly fields.

She also offers faculty development workshops on scholarly writing for publication, integrating scholarship into the teaching life, and mentoring graduate student writing, and is available as a consultant and trainer-coach for faculty development initiatives aimed at improving scholarly production and the advising of graduate theses and dissertations.

Jeanne Barker-Nunn’s Specialties:

Developmental, substantive, and textual editing; writing and publication coaching; faculty development consulting and workshops

Jeanne Barker-Nunn’s Experience

• Director

  J. B. Barker-Nunn & Associates (Self-employed)

  (Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  1996 — Present (13 years )

  Offers academic editing services and coaching in academic writing and publishing.

• Adjunct Faculty

  University of Minnesota

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  1977 — 2007 (30 years )

  Facilitator, Peer Mentoring Groups, MBA Women, 2004-2007
  Instructor, Professional Editing Courses, 1995-2000
  Instructor, American Studies, Women's Studies, English, Writing and Communication, 1977-1983

• Managing Editor

  Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  1991 — 1995 (4 years )

  Review and substantive editing of articles and book collections of works on women in a wide range of academic fields, managing office and staff

• Assistant Professor

  Michigan State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; MSU; Higher Education industry)

  1985 — 1991 (6 years )

  Assistant Professor, James Madison College, American Studies and Writing

• Instructor

  East Carolina University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  1974 — 1976 (2 years )

  Instructor, Speech and Theatre, English

Jeanne Barker-Nunn’s Education

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  Ph.D , American Studies , 1977 — 1985

• East Carolina University

  M.A. , English , 1975 — 1977

• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

  B.S. , English Education , 1966 — 1968

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