Bryony Armstrong, PhD

Freelance academic editor in humanities and social sciences helping multilingual researchers publish in English.

Spain

About

I am a freelance editor and writer coach with 6+ years of experience in scholarly editing. I have edited countless academic journal articles, PhD theses, and literature study guides, and have also worked with non-fiction: a memoir, appendices to a historical novel, and a psychology book. I have a PhD in literature and offer editing and writer coaching for academic projects in the humanities and social sciences.

Experience

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    • Assignment Manager
      Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

      Managing 30-40 study guides/month and overseeing their production, from assignment preparation through delivery. Coaching editors and writers.

    • Training Editor
      Sep 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr

      Training and assessing new study guide writers and editors.

    • Developmental Editor
      May 2023 - Sep 2023 · 5 mos

      Developing and polishing study guides across literary genres in fiction and nonfiction.

  • Armstrong Edits at Freelance
    Jan 2020 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

    Offering editing services for academic writing in the humanities and social sciences.

  • Copy Editor at eContent Pro
    Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Copy edited journal articles in social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and computer science.

  • Durham University (1 yr 10 mos)
    • Teaching Assistant
      Sep 2020 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

      Taught Introduction to the Novel to first-year undergraduate students in small-group tutorials.

    • Research Assistant, Department of English Studies
      Jan 2021 - Mar 2021 · 3 mos

      Helped to prepare 'Stevie Smith and the Aphorism' (Oxford University Press, 2022) for publication by proofreading manuscript and updating references and bibliography.

  • Co-Editor at The Modernist Review
    Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs

    • Curated and edited monthly editions of an online scholarly publication • Grew reader engagement from an average of 3,000 hits per month to 5,000 • Managed and commissioned articles from a large network of writers • Wrote monthly editorials and copyedited content • Managed book reviews: sourced review copies from academic publishers and found reviewers