Karen Hellekson, PhD, ELS

Copyeditor

I'm a full-time BELS-certified freelance copyeditor in the scientific, technical, and medical industry. I specialize in journal copy, and I have particular expertise in the following topics: oncology, rehabilitation, sports medicine, infectious diseases, and transplantation. I edit books for several university presses on a wide range of general- and special-interest topics, such as war and presidential studies, critical theory, and fossils.

Acafan

My PhD is in English from the University of Kansas, where I studied science fiction literature with Professor Emeritus James Gunn. I have authored two books and a number of articles and have coedited two books. I am a founding coeditor, with Kristina Busse, and the production editor of Transformative Works and Cultures, a new open-access peer-reviewed journal in the fields of media and fan studies. I am coeditor, with Craig Jacobsen, of the Science Fiction Research Association Review.

Current projects

I'm currently doing work about the intersection between fan studies, history, and memory; and about fan gift culture. I am presently working on an essay about the eighth Doctor and the related 1996 made-for-TV movie, to appear in an edited volume in 2010; and an essay on open access journal publication concerns related to my experience with Transformative Works and Cultures.

Books

Teacher

I am not currently teaching any English classes.

As an AFAA-certified fitness instructor, I am teaching aerobics classes at the University of Maine at Farmington; the full schedule is available from the UMF HFC. During spring 2010, I am teaching MWF 1:15p cardio; T 1:15p Step; and Saturday 10a Zumba. I am teaching Zumba at SPRY Fitness Studio at 7:30p on Monday nights from January 2 to March 29, 2010.