JANE COLLINS
janecollins1@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Part-time or contract work that draws upon my professional strengths and provides opportunity to engage with community of colleagues pursuing the common good
PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS
Highly qualified researcher, writer, and editor who specializes in:
Translating academic, legal, or legislative language into vivid, clear, conversational English
Writing audience-engaging speeches for senior leaders in nonprofit and higher education sectors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Harvard College Office of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct (OAISC)
Case Administrator (2014–June 2016)
Summarize student and faculty statements and draft case reports related to violations of Harvard’s Academic Integrity Policy and Student Code of Conduct.
Research and draft reports comparing disciplinary matters in Consortium on Financing Higher Education schools with Harvard College policies and procedures.
Developed concept and wrote proposal for Harvard University Administrative Innovation Fund grant to create videos about the College disciplinary process, as well as a series of videos on ethical dilemmas designed to stimulate student discussion and reflection, bringing OAISC into the digital age.
Office of the Dean of Harvard College
Coordinator (2011–2014)
Drafted major speeches for the Dean of the College (e.g., Commencement Address, Parents Welcome, Detur Prize); many delivered as written.
Managed all non-academic aspects of the Dean’s Office; wrote most correspondence.
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Office of Development and External Relations
Research Assistant (2001–2007)
Conducted foundation, corporation, and major gift prospect research; assisted senior development officers; wrote acknowledgment letters for the Dean’s signature.
Edited and proofread department texts for external consumption; summarized highlighted research projects for the HGSE annual report.
Had sole responsibility for stewardship of more than 25 named scholarship awards annually; wrote all associated reports to donors.
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Office Manager (1999–2001)
Established administrative systems for newly established center; organized satellite office.
Planned and executed a range of public events, panel discussions, and forums focused on emerging nonprofit sector issues, in partnership with Hauser Center faculty and leadership.
Massachusetts Campaign for Children
Statewide Campaign Coordinator (1997)
Developed organizational infrastructure for a nonpartisan public education and mobilization initiative on children's issues.
Wrote recruitment brochures, legislative updates, grant proposals, and educational materials.
Recruited more than 600 grassroots members.
Organized and facilitated meetings, large events, and workshops.
Massachusetts Human Services Coalition
Senior Writer/Editor/Researcher (1991-1997)
Served as lead researcher and writer for a nonprofit coalition comprising provider, worker, and consumer organizations, which provided objective analysis of state budgets and legislation related to human services for use by legislators, service providers, and advocates. Areas of focus included housing, disabilities, mental health, juvenile justice, and legal services.
Analyzed state budgets and human-service-related legislation and policy; conducted statistical research.
Interviewed advocates, service providers, consumers, and government insiders.
Co-wrote and co-edited publications:
State House Watch (12-20 issues annually), co-written with Donna Southwell
The poor people's budget (4-6 issues annually, plus annual bound book). co- written with Deborah Weinstein
For the People, an analysis of federal budget impact on state services (10 issues)
Lives on the Edge: Seven Stories of Women on Welfare (sole author)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Freelance Editor of three full-length books:
The Role of the Poet in Early Societies, Morton W. Bloomfield and Charles W. Dunn, pub. D. S. Brewer (1989)
The Orange Cat Bistro, Nancy Linde, pub. Kensington Books (1996)
The Gate of Sand, J. W. Mahoney (unpublished)
Producer of hour-long public television documentary Mamaw for WMUL-TV in Huntington, West Virginia
Producer of 40-minute educational film on recycling for Foothills Environmental Association, Louisa, Kentucky
Bi-weekly Political Columnist for Medford Transcript, Medford, MA
Writer/Researcher for Robert Reich campaign for Governor of Massachusetts; produced policy briefings on human services issues
Author:
For Love of a Soldier: Interviews with Military Families Taking Action Against the Iraq War; Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield academic press; January 2008
“What I Got Out of the War” in Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists; edited by Mary Susannah Robbins; Syracuse University Press, 1999; reprinted, Rowman & Littlefield, May 2007
“The War at Home: Military Families Against the Iraq War” in Peace Not Terror: The AntiWar Movement since 9/11, edited by Mary Susannah Robbins; Rowman & Littlefield, spring 2008
EDUCATION
B.A. magna cum laude in English Literature, Harvard College
janecollins1@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Part-time or contract work that draws upon my professional strengths and provides opportunity to engage with community of colleagues pursuing the common good
PROFESSIONAL STRENGTHS
Highly qualified researcher, writer, and editor who specializes in:
Translating academic, legal, or legislative language into vivid, clear, conversational English
Writing audience-engaging speeches for senior leaders in nonprofit and higher education sectors
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Harvard College Office of Academic Integrity and Student Conduct (OAISC)
Case Administrator (2014–June 2016)
Summarize student and faculty statements and draft case reports related to violations of Harvard’s Academic Integrity Policy and Student Code of Conduct.
Research and draft reports comparing disciplinary matters in Consortium on Financing Higher Education schools with Harvard College policies and procedures.
Developed concept and wrote proposal for Harvard University Administrative Innovation Fund grant to create videos about the College disciplinary process, as well as a series of videos on ethical dilemmas designed to stimulate student discussion and reflection, bringing OAISC into the digital age.
Office of the Dean of Harvard College
Coordinator (2011–2014)
Drafted major speeches for the Dean of the College (e.g., Commencement Address, Parents Welcome, Detur Prize); many delivered as written.
Managed all non-academic aspects of the Dean’s Office; wrote most correspondence.
Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), Office of Development and External Relations
Research Assistant (2001–2007)
Conducted foundation, corporation, and major gift prospect research; assisted senior development officers; wrote acknowledgment letters for the Dean’s signature.
Edited and proofread department texts for external consumption; summarized highlighted research projects for the HGSE annual report.
Had sole responsibility for stewardship of more than 25 named scholarship awards annually; wrote all associated reports to donors.
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Office Manager (1999–2001)
Established administrative systems for newly established center; organized satellite office.
Planned and executed a range of public events, panel discussions, and forums focused on emerging nonprofit sector issues, in partnership with Hauser Center faculty and leadership.
Massachusetts Campaign for Children
Statewide Campaign Coordinator (1997)
Developed organizational infrastructure for a nonpartisan public education and mobilization initiative on children's issues.
Wrote recruitment brochures, legislative updates, grant proposals, and educational materials.
Recruited more than 600 grassroots members.
Organized and facilitated meetings, large events, and workshops.
Massachusetts Human Services Coalition
Senior Writer/Editor/Researcher (1991-1997)
Served as lead researcher and writer for a nonprofit coalition comprising provider, worker, and consumer organizations, which provided objective analysis of state budgets and legislation related to human services for use by legislators, service providers, and advocates. Areas of focus included housing, disabilities, mental health, juvenile justice, and legal services.
Analyzed state budgets and human-service-related legislation and policy; conducted statistical research.
Interviewed advocates, service providers, consumers, and government insiders.
Co-wrote and co-edited publications:
State House Watch (12-20 issues annually), co-written with Donna Southwell
The poor people's budget (4-6 issues annually, plus annual bound book). co- written with Deborah Weinstein
For the People, an analysis of federal budget impact on state services (10 issues)
Lives on the Edge: Seven Stories of Women on Welfare (sole author)
ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS/MEDIA EXPERIENCE
Freelance Editor of three full-length books:
The Role of the Poet in Early Societies, Morton W. Bloomfield and Charles W. Dunn, pub. D. S. Brewer (1989)
The Orange Cat Bistro, Nancy Linde, pub. Kensington Books (1996)
The Gate of Sand, J. W. Mahoney (unpublished)
Producer of hour-long public television documentary Mamaw for WMUL-TV in Huntington, West Virginia
Producer of 40-minute educational film on recycling for Foothills Environmental Association, Louisa, Kentucky
Bi-weekly Political Columnist for Medford Transcript, Medford, MA
Writer/Researcher for Robert Reich campaign for Governor of Massachusetts; produced policy briefings on human services issues
Author:
For Love of a Soldier: Interviews with Military Families Taking Action Against the Iraq War; Lexington Books, a division of Rowman & Littlefield academic press; January 2008
“What I Got Out of the War” in Against the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists; edited by Mary Susannah Robbins; Syracuse University Press, 1999; reprinted, Rowman & Littlefield, May 2007
“The War at Home: Military Families Against the Iraq War” in Peace Not Terror: The AntiWar Movement since 9/11, edited by Mary Susannah Robbins; Rowman & Littlefield, spring 2008
EDUCATION
B.A. magna cum laude in English Literature, Harvard College