Glenna Jenkins

I am an economist, editor, and writer. I mainly work on academic papers, theses, dissertations and scholarly books for authors whose first language is not English. Clients can contact me directly via email: glennamjenkins1@gmail.com.

I hold a master’s degree in development economics, from Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and studied editing at Ryerson University, in Toronto, Canada, and the University of California at Berkeley.  Subject areas include business, economics, environmental planning, economic and environmental sustainability, international relations, politics and government, racism and inequality, and religion.

My clients include central banks, economic think tanks, forecasting agencies, and scholars at universities throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Many of the authors who request my services are non-native English-speaking scholars who require editorial assistance with their theses or dissertations, academic papers they wish to publish in peer-reviewed journals, or scholarly books they wish to submit to recognized scholarly publishers. My clients have published with presses at Cambridge, Oxford, and Stanford Universities, and the Universities of Regina and Toronto. I help my clients produce clear, comprehensive, polished and well-organized manuscripts in excellent English. 

In English-language editing, I check word usage for meaning and context. I also revise for clarity and succinctness and adjust sentence and paragraph structure and length. I also provide stylistic and structural editing; this means rephrasing sentences or paragraphs for flow, cadence and meaning, and restructuring the paper or book, where necessary.

My copy-editing service addresses matters of correctness (spelling, grammar, punctuation), passive voice, split infinitives, dangling modifiers, and other mechanics of style. I check tables and figures for completeness and comprehension; I eliminate repetition and check the flow of the discussion and whether paragraphs and sections are properly connected. I check embedded citations for the appropriate style and ensure each is included in the reference list; I also revise the reference list, if requested.   

Comments are provided in the review pane; these explain adjustments to a word, phrase, or sentence, or suggest a change to said.  Comments also explain the English-language ruling behind a change. I also point out sections where facts or connections are missing and further discussion is required. 

When all of these tasks are completed, I run the manuscript through PerfectIt, which is software that checks for consistency of headings, hyphenation, use of abbreviations, numbering, capitalization and other aspects of style and consistency.

Finally, I provide detailed feedback that explains the edits and offers suggestions for improvement, where necessary.  I am also available to answer any questions, subsequent to an edit, and to provide minor rewrites prior to the author submitting a manuscript to an acquisitions editor at a journal or book publisher or to an academic supervisor. 

To date, I have revised over 1,000 scholarly papers and dissertations. I have also copy edited more than a dozen books. Most of my clients publish their papers with Emerald Insight, Brill, Elsevier, or The Lancet and return to me for assistance with subsequent papers. Several clients publish with recognized university presses, such as Oxford, Cambridge, Toronto, and Regina.

Testimonials:
“I recommend Glenna as the top choice in editing Economics papers. Her service significantly improved the presentation of my papers.” A client at the University of Beijing

“Glenna Jenkins is knowledgeable in economics, excellent at copyediting for scholarly papers, and devoted to the job. I recommend her without reservation.” A client at the Korean Institute of International Economic Policy

“Glenna is extremely thorough. It is her attention to detail that makes her work so valuable.” A client at Henan University

“On Asian Development Bank projects, Glenna’s background in environmental studies and economics has been invaluable.” A client at the Asian Development Bank