EDITING AND PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Owner of Laura Strudwick Educational Services LLC 2007-present
Professional Developmental Editing, Copy Editing and Proofreading Services
Peer Reviewed Journal Article Sample:
• “Alienated Species and Unsettled Ecologies: Locating ‘Redneck’ Conservation in the Racial Discourse of ‘Asian’ Carp Invasion, Lisa Fink, American Quarterly, volume 75, number 4, December 2023, pp. 821-845
Graduate Level Samples:
• “Conceptual Integration,” Julie Rivera Johnson, Master of Arts in Counseling, Multnomah University, 2023
• “Issue Management Process,” Lacy Emge, Masters in Healthcare Administration, University of Providence, 2019
Undergraduate Level Samples:
• “The Goal of 19th-Century American Educational Practices,” Allanah Hsu-Chen, HIST 210 Educating Americans in the Long Nineteenth Century, Reed College, 2023
• “Human Will or Force,” Nathan Edwards, Humanities 110, Reed College, 2022
High School Level Samples:
• “Destructive Deeds: The History of Racial Covenants and Discriminatory Housing in Portland, Oregon,” John Stanley, Oregon Episcopal School, 2022
• “Tissue Engineering and Bioprinting a Synthetic Epidermal Scaffold to Accelerate Epithelialization,” Hudson Hale, Oregon Episcopal School, 2019
• “Uprooted: Unearthing Oregon Truffles and Understanding the Industry Developing Around Them,” Alison Thomas, Oregon Episcopal School, 2018
Creative Fiction and Nonfiction Samples:
• “Non-Fungible,” Jack Morningstar, screenwriter, 2022
• “Memoir,” Linda-Jane Irwin, 2024
Mythological Studies Journal, Pacifica Graduate Institute
Editor-in-Chief 2011
• Directed Editorial Board of this peer-reviewed, web-based student journal
• Coordinated initiative to improve journal for future issues
Peer Reviewer 2010, 2012
• Evaluated submissions and made recommendations for publication
• Peer-edited authors’ papers
Graduate School of Education, Portland State University
Dissertation Editor 1999 – 2000
• Proofread master’s theses and doctoral dissertations for punctuation, grammar, and APA formatting
Researcher 1999 – 2000
• Specialized in ERIC database searches for professors
• Commissioned by Oregon Business Council as director of “Homeschooling in Oregon” project; conducted in-home and telephone interviews with parents of homeschooled children; analyzed data
PUBLICATIONS
Descent and Rising: A Personal Hero’s Journey. Creative nonfiction, publication pending.
Prismatic Perception: An Emerging Mythology of the Millennial Mind. Dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, 2014. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Open.
Review of The Politics of Ritual, by Molly Farneth. Publication pending in Nova Religio, Nov. 2024.
Review of The Thing About Religion, by David Morgan. Nova Religio, vol. 26, no. 2, Nov. 2022, pp. 93-94.
Review of The Archaeology of Burning Man, by Carolyn White. Nova Religio, vol. 25, no. 2, Nov. 2021, pp. 114-115.
Webmaster and author of Laura Strudwick Educational Services website. www.laurastrudwick.com. 2014-present.
Webmaster and author of Archetypal Entries website. www.archetypalentries.com. 2014-present.
Author of YouTube essays on Archetypal Entries YouTube channel. 2020-present.
Strudwick, Laura. “Mandalas of Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish: Geometric Soul-Images in Melville’s Moby-Dick.” Mythological Studies Journal 2 (2011).
Strudwick, Laura. “Infinite Space and Self-Similar Form in Alchemy and Fractal Geometry.” Mythological Studies Journal 1 (2010).
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Private Tutor 2007 – present
• Owner of tutoring service business specializing in writing skills, grammar and mechanics, reading comprehension, research skills, academic support, 300+ clients
Faculty Positions
• Middle school humanities and English faculty, Oregon Episcopal School, 2003-09
• High school language arts, social studies, psychology faculty, Reynolds Learning Academy, 2000-03
• Summer Program instructor, Oregon Episcopal School, language arts and rhetoric courses, 2007-16
EDUCATION
Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA
Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with a special emphasis in Depth Psychology 2010 – 14
M.A. in Mythological Studies with a special emphasis in Depth Psychology 2008 – 10
Portland State University, Portland, OR
M.Ed., Secondary Education 2003
Whitworth University, Spokane, WA
B.A.’s in English Literature and Philosophy 1994
Oregon Teaching License
Language Arts, preK-12, 2000-2011, 2017-present