Education
| California State University-Long Beach, CA
Certified Professional Ghostwriter July, 2020 |
| Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas
PhD—Adult, Professional, and Community Education College of Education, August 2010; G.P.A. 4.0 Dissertation: The Influence of Academic, Cultural, and Social Factors on the Matriculation of Latina/o Students in Higher Education Dissertation Chair: Dr. Larry R. Price University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas MBA—International Business College of Business, December 1992 Dean’s List; Winner, Business Plan Competition Research interests: Economic development in Latin America Texas State University-San Marcos, Texas BAAS—Health Administration College of Occupational Education, May, 1980 |
Experience
| E B Consultants
Dog-Eared-Ghostwriter Wimberley, Texas Founder & Principal July 2019–Present Professional assistance for non-writing authors. Services include: ghostwriting full manuscripts, book proposals, analysis and recommendations (audience, strengths, and weaknesses), bestseller strategy plans, mentoring, consulting, coaching, promotional copy, and proofreading. thegradcoach.com Wimberley, Texas Founder & Principal August 2010–Present Diversified research consultancy providing dissertation coaching to doctoral candidates. Comprehensive services include identification of research problem, adequacy of literature review, selection, application, and evaluation of methodology, data collection strategies, analysis and evaluation of findings, project management, developmental editing, and defense preparation. |
| A. T. Still University Kirksville, MO |
| Remote Online Writing Coach August 2019–September 2023 |
| Reviewing student papers for readability, logical flow of ideas, grammatical accuracy, and adherence to both university style requirements and professional style guidelines (APA and AMA). |
| Texas State University-San Marcos San Marcos, Texas
College of Health Professions Department of Communication Disorders Program Faculty November 2011–August 2016 Acting in the capacity of a quantitative research consultant and statistician, to assist tenure-track faculty in research design, data collection, selection and application of statistical techniques, interpretation of results, and developmental editing of journal articles prior to submission. |
| Editorial Assistant Fall, 2006–Fall, 2009
International Journal of Leadership in Education, published by Taylor & Francis. Managed submission process for peer-reviewed journal articles; worked with Duncan Waite, Editor-In-Chief, journal editors, authors, reviewers, and publisher. Responsible for conversion from a manual process to the online Scholar One platform. |
| University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas
H-E-B School of Business & Administration Adjunct Instructor August 2010–May 2011 Taught International Economics (ECON/BINT 6312) graduate level; and Business Statistics (BMDS 3370) undergraduate level. |
| Adult Degree Completion Program
Adjunct Instructor January 1996–May 1999 Taught undergraduate business courses in macroeconomics (ECON 2301), microeconomics (ECON 2302), marketing (BMKT 3331), and business policy and strategy (BMGT 4375). Also taught undergraduate consumer behavior course (BMKT 3377) in the H-E-B School of Business & Administration during the Spring, 1999 semester. |
Book Experience
| Edlitz, M. (In progress). Working title, Creating James Bond: Conversations with 007’s continuation authors. Self-publishing. |
| Belasco, E. (In progress). The outrageous stories Jesus told. Publisher yet to be determined. |
| Shapiro, S. (2024). Developing community-based school crisis response: Case studies for preK–12 classrooms. Routledge |
| Hiple, J. (2024). Broken: The story of public education in America. Self-published. |
| Edlitz, M. (December 2023). James Bond cover to cover: Exploring over 50 years of 007 continuation novels. Publisher yet to be determined. |
| Worthy, C. (2023). Change and emotion in the workplace: Asia
Change and emotion in the workplace: Western Europe |
| Edlitz, M. (2023). Movies go fourth: 4th films in fantastic franchises. Self published. |
| Shapiro, S. (2022). Interpreting COVID-19 through turbulence theory. Routledge. |
| Waite, D. (2022). On educational leadership as emancipatory practice: Problems and promises. Routledge. |
| Brown, H. A., & Ellis-Ordway, N. (Eds.). (2021). Weight bias in health education: Critical perspectives for pedagogy and practice. Routledge. |
| Redwine, G. (2019). Beyond transformative learning in African-American adult education. Routledge. |
| Venkataraman, R. R., & Pinto, J. (2019). Operations management: Managing global supply chains. Sage. |
| Price, L. R. (2017). Psychometric methods: Theory into practice. The Guilford Press. |