ACADEMIC EDITING

Testimonials

Thank you so much for all your advice and patience!

Dr Vanessa Lamattina
University of Salerno (Italy)
December 27, 2023

Your edits looks thorough and extremely helpful. I will certainly get on top of those referencing issues.

Timothy Phillips
Australian National University
June 6, 2023

Many thanks for the feedback, the comments are very helpful and, on reflection, refer to the things I was wondering myself during the writing process (repetition, overuse of transitional words, PhD student checklist etc.). Can't wait to finalise the manuscript and move on to the next stage!

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Torrens University
April 20, 2023

I've read through the edited draft and I wanted to let you know that I appreciate all the work you have done. It's absolutely brilliant. Your close reading, understanding of theory and research methodology, and attention to detail and context has improved my work greatly.

Ruth Mooney
Western Sydney University
March 31, 2023

A big thank you to yourself and your colleagues who worked on my thesis.

Julia Kantek
Western Sydney University
November 19, 2021

I wanted to tell you that the essays you have corrected for me have all gone very well thanks to your splendid work.

Dr Dario Verderame
University of Salerno (Italy)
June 18, 2021

Thank you so much for your thorough feedback, you’ve really done an excellent job.

Associate Dean Kate Huppatz
Western Sydney University
May 21, 2021

Thank you so much! You are my savior!

Kazuhisa Kuwahara
Journalist, Japan
April 13, 2021

I just wanted to send you a quick thank you for all your amazing work with my thesis. I was truly awestruck by your close reading and the incredible clarity you brought to it all. Thank you so much! I will certainly be letting my peers know your website and amazing work.

Benjamin Joseph
Western Sydney University
March 23, 2021

Thank you so much for fitting these in ... I’ve just had a quick look and it looks very thorough. Thanks so much again for the short notice and quick turnaround. Hugely appreciated.

Professor Kit Messham-Muir
Curtin University
November 12, 2020

Thank you for your fantastically timely delivery of this back to us. I’ve just been through the first half and your edits are great, consistent and comments on clarity and argumentation are very useful.

Professor Kit Messham-Muir
Curtin University
October 12, 2020

Thank you so much for your valuable work!

Vanessa Lamattina
University of Salerno
May 9, 2020

Thank you very much for the polished article. I appreciate your effort very much.

Yue Wang
Shanghai Normal University
May 1, 2020

I wanted to thank you for this excellent job. Your work has really improved the quality of this manuscript.

Professor Adam Possamai
Western Sydney University
July 27, 2019

I am writing to say thank you very much for your beautiful and detailed work. Your work hugely improved the readability and professionalism of my thesis. Looking forward to working with you in the future.

Qiyuan Hu
Macquarie University
October 16, 2018

Thank you so much! Great work again. Very pleased. Such detailed work – Sylvia had gone through all the direct citations for example, and also had spotted some important controversies that no one else has noted (and I can tell that this manuscript has, over the years, been checked by several professionals)!

Dr Katve-Kaisa Kontturi
University of Turku, Finland
June 7, 2018

Thank you for your precise and accurate work!

Dario Verderame
University of Salerno (I)
April 11, 2018

I can only say that that this is really beautiful work!! The fact that you even check the in text references against the reference list makes me feel really secure… I have another piece coming your way soon.

Bjørn Schiermer
University of Oslo
March 14, 2018

Fantastic! Thanks so much for the speedy turnaround and for the critical eye. Greatly appreciated.

Dr Uros Cvoro
University of New South Wales
June 11, 2017

Thank you kindly for your work on the index and editing. I appreciate it.

Dr Sherene Idriss
Western Sydney University
May 26, 2017

Thank you very much Elena for your great job.

Vincenzo Cicchelli
University of Paris Descartes
April 11, 2017

Thanks again for such a thorough job.

Associate Professor Brian Stout
Western Sydney University
February 8, 2017

Thanks a lot for the helpful suggestions and revisions.

Dr Jens Christian Hermansen
University of Copenhagen
January 3, 2017

Thanks for your really excellent job on copy editing. You may not realise it but you have what are today unusual skills and discipline!

Associate Professor Andrew Murphie
University of New South Wales
November 12, 2016

Thank you for your excellent job with the index!

Associate Professor Cristina Rocha
Western Sydney University
September 3, 2016

Thanks so much for this. Everything you've done looks brilliant to me, and I really appreciate the thoroughness of the notes you attached. I've cut and pasted these into my covering letter to Palgrave…

Professor Rob Stones
Western Sydney University
July 29, 2016

Thank you very much for your work. I keep this e-mail address.

Associate Professor Paola Rebughini
University of Milan
March 8, 2016

Thank you for getting this to us promptly.

Helen Angelakis
Office of Sustainability, Western Sydney University
March 4, 2016

I went through the article and found your work and your suggestions extremely useful, invaluable! Thanks so much!

Dr Rosario Forlenza
Columbia University
December 30, 2015

Thanks a lot for this quick editing. I really appreciate it.

Atun Wartadun
Western Sydney University
December 22, 2015

Thanks very much for doing this so professionally in line with our very tight deadline. It looks really good.

Associate Professor Brian Stout
Western Sydney University
December 15, 2015

Wow, great work! Thanks heaps. This edit is very good!!!

Professor Jill Bennett
UNSW Art+Design
November 4, 2015

Thank you for the great job.

Delaram Ghanimifard
City University London
September 15, 2015

Thanks for all. Your suggestions are very important and very clear. I hope in the future there will be opportunities for a new collaboration.

Dr Dario Verderame
Research Fellow, University of Salerno (I)
August 4, 2015

I am extremely satisfied with your work on my two papers. You have really been meticulous on the level of form; but also on the level of content I feel my intentions are well-understood in what is in fact a rather difficult theoretical paper. And THAT makes me feel at ease with your corrections and enthusiastic about your suggestions and observations. You have decisively improved my paper.

Dr Bjørn Schiermer
University of Copenhagen
May 16, 2014

Thank you very much for a good and quick work.

Dr Mikael Carleheden
University of Copenhagen
April 3, 2015

I can't thank you enough for your work — you have made it so much clearer and towards what I wanted to say... so BIG thanks!!

Simon Currie
MFA, University of New South Wales
March 17, 2015

Elena has done an excellent job. She has provided a detailed and very helpful corrected version of my chapter 2.

Professor James L. Cox
University of Edinburgh
March 13, 2015

Can't thank you enough. 

Dr Milad Milani
University of Western Sydney
December 10, 2014

Thanks for your work. You've been very patient and good at rewriting almost the entire paper.

Dr Luca Corchia
Università di Pisa
November 5, 2014

Confirming receipt of copy Sylvia. Thanks very much for your work and completing to deadline… very meticulous and thoughtful both, 'brutal' in best of sense!  

Dr Jennifer L. Biddle
ARC Future Fellow 
National Institute for Experimental Arts Australia
August 18, 2014

Elena, you are a gem. Whatever they are paying you it should be double. Thank you.

Jessica Perini
Senior Editor, NewSouth Publishing
August 14, 2014

Many thanks for the edited thesis which has been delivered sooner than I expected!

Dr Godo Tjahjono
University of Western Sydney
August 1, 2014

Thank you for your precious work. To the next one.

Professor Massimo Pendenza
Università degli Studi di Salerno
March 7, 2014

I feel very satisfied with your work. Thanks a lot.

Dr Arskal Salim
Religion and Society Research Centre
March 4, 2014            

Thank you so much for the great work! Thank you so much for the advices too. I have learnt much from the editing.

Dr Juni Chusjairi
University of Western Sydney
December 15, 2013

I must say I have learnt so much from this process… I thank you for doing this careful explanation and the high quality of feedback and input you (and your team) have put in — much appreciated.

Dr Justine O'Sullivan
University of Sydney
September 4, 2013

I am so grateful for your wonderful, excellent editing and proof-reading that made the thesis a thousand times better. I am also very pleased that you have finished proof-reading ahead of schedule...

Farjana Mahbuba
University of Western Sydney
August 17, 2013

Thank you Elena for your excellent work.

Professor Paola Rebughini
Sociology of Intercultural Communication, University of Milan
July 16, 2013

Thanks very much for doing this is such a timely fashion, and so very carefully.

Professor Julia Day Howell
Religion and Society Research Centre
December 12, 2012

As usual Elena has done a heroic transformation of the manuscript.

Professor Bryan S. Turner
Graduate Center at the City University of New York
October 12, 2012

Thank you so much for all your hard work — you have done a great job — it is now a much better thesis. You have been terrific...your support and hard work are very much appreciated.

Associate Professor Jane Mears
University of Western Sydney
August 15, 2012

Elena Knox is an astute reader and a gifted editor. Her attention to detail is excellent, her communications with contributing authors are respectful, and her approach is collaborative. She produces work in a timely manner, is endlessly patient, and always professional. I have no hesitation in recommending her services.

Cristyn Davies
The University of Sydney
December 7, 2011

Thank you so much for providing such useful feedback on this paper. It was written so long ago and...I have never been fully convinced by the argument. So thanks for adding some richness through your small suggestions.

Dr Kellie Burns
The University of Sydney
May 23, 2011

I honestly do not think I could have gotten this far with out your advice!

Dr Arathi Sriprakash
University of Western Sydney
May 20, 2011

Thanks so much for your work on our book. You have been fantastic to work with, and I am really grateful for the intelligence, skill and good will that you have brought to the task.

Professor Bronwyn Davies
University of Melbourne
May 17, 2011

Thank you for your careful work editing this paper.

Dr Elizabeth Stephens
Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland
May 17, 2011

I am in awe of your fine detail Elena...

Dr Cath Laws
Australian Catholic University
February 1, 2011

You have done a fabulous job on the copy editing.

Professor Margaret Somerville
Monash University
January 30, 2011

Thanks Elena. You have done a tremendous job. The material reads better and thank you for 'polishing' the language, while at the same time improving the focus of the discussions.

Dr Bernard Suwa
Executive Director, ACROSS
Nairobi, Kenya
December 30, 2010

First, I want to praise EK for her meticulous editing of the text...I think that her work really lifted the text to another level. Also, her questions where things remained unclear showed that she read it all very carefully and I hope that now I have succeeded in clarifying my arguments.

Dr Gal Levy
Open University of Israel
October 22, 2010

Many thanks for another fine and detailed job.

Professor Adam Possamai
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies
October 12, 2010

Elena, I must say you are probably the most meticulous proofreader I have ever worked with! Seriously, you have done a fantastic job, and your corrections / suggestions substantially improve the quality of the Afterword (and of the other chapters you kindly proofread for us).

Dr Simon Susen
Birkbeck College, University of London
September 23, 2010

Thank you for all your hard work on our book. It has improved it out of sight.

Professor Bryan S. Turner
Graduate Center at the City University of New York
September 22, 2010

Please let me add...my gratitude to you for the wonderful work you have done on the book over the last couple of months. What could have had us tearing out our hair has been managed extremely effectively by you. You have been fast, meticulous and have made intelligent decisions wherever they were required and you have kept us each in the loop all through.

Dr Susanne Gannon
University of Western Sydney
August 30, 2009

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