Meet Our Editors
Better Essays offers a professional proofreading and editing service to university and high school students, businesses, writers and ESL students. Our team of highly experienced and qualified editors specialise in academic editing and proofreading to help you get the best results possible.
We only employ editors who have had extensive experience within academic writing, teaching and lecturing, and who are experts at what they do. Each of our editors has a field of expertise which provides you with a specialised approach to editing. We have editors with experience and
qualifications in the areas of law / engineering / humanities / business / science and more.
Please read the profiles below to learn more about just some of our talented academic editors. If you would like more information about our "speciality" editors please feel free to contact us.
Michael
BA (Monash University), LLB (Monash University), DipEd (Monash University), CELTA
A former lawyer and semi-retired high school teacher, Michael has a wealth of experience with academic writing.
He holds an Arts degree with a focus on languages and linguistics as well as two qualifications in teaching
English as a Second/Foreign Language.
Michael has taught English to foreign students as a private tutor for many years, and has written exams, test
papers and even textbooks. He has corrected thousands of assignments and essays and is especially interested
in improving the work of students from non-English-speaking backgrounds.
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Robert
BA (Hons), PhD (Flinders University)
Robert has a PhD in Sociology and has been publishing in academic journals in the social sciences
(Sociology, Public Health, Politics, Criminology) since 1998. Robert's extensive experience in academia
includes curriculum design, topic and course coordination, lecturing and tutoring and managing research
projects.
Robert has also been teaching English as a Second Language since 1984, focusing particularly on essay
writing with specialities in grammar, sentence construction, logical flow and structure of argument, and
punctuation. Robert has been working as a freelance editor and essay writing tutor for both local (Australian)
and international students. His work also encompasses editing of papers for academic journal publications,
and business documents.
Thomas
B.Sc. (Hons) (University of Vienna), M.Sc. (University of Vienna), PhD (University of Port Elizabeth)
Thomas has over 20 years drafting, writing, editing and marking experience as an academic. Having worked in
several countries on all five continents, his exposure to students from a wide range of cultural backgrounds and
language ability has given him an acute understanding of the challenges faced by non-native English speakers.
Thomas's main goal as an editor is to strive for clarity, brevity and simplicity and to present the reader with ideas
that are logically structured, easy to follow and sequenced in a transparent way. Thomas holds a PhD in Zoology
and has published extensively in the field of ecology, environmental science, oceanography, biology, zoology,
botany and marine biology.
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Jo-Ann
BA (Hons), PhD (Monash University)
Writer and editor, Jo is a word nerd in the truest sense.
Graduating with a PhD in Spanish, a major in French and studies in German from Monash University around 25 years
ago, Jo has made a career for herself in English! Her speciality is proofreading and editing academic essays
and theses for those whose second language is English. She works on a wide variety of subjects including the arts,
business and economics, education, psychology, science and engineering.
Her strengths are a critical eye, a can-do attitude and a passion for simple, engaging communication. Jo is also a
freelance writer for Australia's major metropolitan newspapers and journals and covers areas as diverse as business,
language, travel, the arts, academia, humour, lifestyle and fiction.
Moira
BA (Kelaniya University), Certificate in Professional Editing and Proofreading (Cengage Education), D.Phil (PhD) (Oxford University)
An academic with over 20 years experience in teaching, research and editing,
Moira has authored and edited books, reports and journals, and served on several
editorial boards.
At university, and as a freelance editor, she has edited thousands of
undergraduate and postgraduate assignments, essays and theses. She has taught
English as a Second Language (ESL) to international university students and is
interested not only in improving written text but also in helping others develop their
ability to write fluently. She is dedicated to assisting you to present your thoughts in
clear, articulate and stylish language.
