Professional and editorial experience
My editorial skills are based on a broad and deep base of knowledge in higher education and pedagogy. In a higher education career spanning 38 years, I worked as a faculty member, faculty developer, associate dean, and assessment professional. I won three major teaching awards, secured grants to support my research in both biology and education, published extensively, and made dozens of invited and accepted professional presentations.
Authors often think that an editor needs to be an expert in the subject matter of their work. In fact, an educated but non-expert editor can take the perspective of the reader of the finished work, and thus can be enormously helpful in helping you present your ideas clearly. My expertise is in higher education pedagogy, assessment, faculty development, technology and administration, but I can be helpful in a broad range of content areas, including education, sciences and engineering.
In an editing career spanning more than 20 years, I have edited numerous academic book and journal manuscripts, dissertations and theses, promotion and tenure packages, job application materials, accreditation self-studies, and other documents. A sampling is listed here.
North Florida Land Trust. (2025). Keeping North Florida Wild. North Florida Land Trust.
Yoon, D. (2024). More than meets the eye: Understanding Asian cultural values’ influence on the decision to seek special education services. [Ed.D. dissertation, Manhattanville University]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. 31143976.
Stapleton, J. N., & Richardson, M. R. (2024). Social support network and sedentary behavior among US adults with and without mobility impairment. American Journal of Health Promotion 38(7):1014-1017.
Gregg, E. A., Ohlson, M., Dominguez, A. R., & Steele, S. (2024). A proposal for improving student-athletes’ mental health through leadership training. Sport Management Education Journal (published online ahead of print).
Doss, D. (2022). Anticipating campus carry: A phenomenological approach to the leadership experiences of Florida College System presidents. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. Florida Southern College.
Sterba, D., Stapleton, J. N., & Kennedy, W. (2022). The supercrip athlete in media: Model of inspiration or able-bodied hegemony? International Journal of Sport Communication 15(3), 185-189.
Pascale, A., Ehrlich, S., & Hicks-Roof, K. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on MotherScholars: A comparative case study of United States and Australian higher education women faculty role strain. Journal of Comparative & International Higher Education, 14(3a).
Hayward, C. (2022). Leadership characteristics and teacher self-efficacy from the perspective of teachers. [Doctoral dissertation, University of North Florida]. UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 1116.
Fynn Bruey, V. (2019). Systematic gender violence and the rule of law: Aboriginal communities in Australia and post-war Liberia [Ph.D. Dissertation, The Australian National University].
Zainutdinov, S, G. Kochneva, S. Netesov, P. Chumakov, & O. Matveeva. (2019). Directed evolution as a tool for the selection of oncolytic RNA viruses with desired phenotypes. Oncolytic Virotherapy 8, 9–26.
Ohlson, M., S. Ehrlich, J. Lerman, & A. Pascale. (2017). The virtual mentor: Harnessing the power of technology to connect college and career ready leaders. Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 28(4), 439-457.
Khatwani, C. (2017). Security analysis of elliptic curve cryptography based protocols [M. S.
Thesis, University of North Florida]. UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 734.
Thompson, R. T. (2016). Examining perceptions of Black administrators in higher education
regarding administrative leadership opportunities. [Doctoral dissertation, University of North Florida]. UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 713.
James E. Groccia, Auburn University; Co-Editor (numerous volumes)
“Judith is a thoroughly professional and able educator who has skills in editing educational materials that really suit the diversity of users.”
Neil Fleming, Owner, VARK LEARN LIMITED



