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Dr. Emily Thompson, PhD Linguistics, University of Oxford
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Dr. Emily Thompson

PhD Linguistics, University of Oxford

18 years editing academic monographs and PhD theses across the humanities. Former commissioning editor at Routledge.

HumanitiesPhD ThesesMonographs
James Harrington, MA Cantab. — Former Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press
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James Harrington

MA Cantab. — Former Senior Editor, Cambridge University Press

Two decades shaping scholarly publishing at CUP. Specialises in history, philosophy and political theory.

HistoryPhilosophyLong-form
Dr. Amara Okafor, PhD Medical Sciences, UCL
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Dr. Amara Okafor

PhD Medical Sciences, UCL

Medical and life sciences editor for The Lancet author services. Trained in clinical research and meta-analysis.

MedicalLife SciencesJournal Articles
Rohan Patel, MEng Imperial College London — IEEE peer reviewer
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Rohan Patel

MEng Imperial College London — IEEE peer reviewer

Engineering and computer science specialist. Edits IEEE and ACM conference papers and technical manuscripts.

EngineeringComputer ScienceTechnical
Prof. Margaret Whitcombe, Emeritus Professor of English, Durham University
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Prof. Margaret Whitcombe

Emeritus Professor of English, Durham University

Former journal editor with 35 years in academic publishing. Mentors early-career researchers on style and structure.

English LiteratureStyleStructural Editing
Oliver Bennett, CIEP Advanced Professional Member
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Oliver Bennett

CIEP Advanced Professional Member

Trade fiction and non-fiction editor. Previously at Penguin Random House UK. Sensitive eye for voice and pace.

FictionNon-fictionManuscripts
Dr. Sophie Lin, PhD Translation Studies, University of Edinburgh
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Dr. Sophie Lin

PhD Translation Studies, University of Edinburgh

Certified translator (EN ↔ ZH, JA). Leads our translation team across 100+ language pairs with native reviewers.

TranslationLocalizationBilingual Review
David Ashford, MA Publishing, Former Wiley acquisitions editor
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David Ashford

MA Publishing, Former Wiley acquisitions editor

Plagiarism remediation and paraphrasing specialist. Trained on Turnitin and iThenticate workflows.

Plagiarism CorrectionParaphrasingCitations

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