For the past four years, I have taught a 3-week intensive class at Brown University's Summer Program. In this course, I helped students gain a firmer grasp on grammar, sharper revision skills, and a greater command of language. It was a great pleasure to see the leaps and bounds my students made in their speed, strength, and authority as writers.

Before arriving at Brown, I worked for a number of years as a proofreader, copyeditor and fact-checker at dozens of publishing and advertising fi...