RESUME OF
J.N. SHAUMEYER
TECHNICAL & CREATIVE WRITING
jns [at] jnshaumeyer [dot] com


SUMMARY
 
Versatile, creative, and detail-oriented with balanced, left- & right-brain skills

Accomplished at preparing and presenting difficult material in language suitable for target audiences at all levels of technical abilities

Fluent in concepts and language from multiple disciplines in the physical sciences, engineering, and information technology and software systems

Experienced with proposals and technical, business, and marketing documents
 
WRITING

Technical
Nonfiction &
Proposals
  • Over 20 years writing as a science and engineering professional
  • Technology assessment reports a current specialty
  • 24 scientific and technical publications in books, journals, meeting proceedings, and trade magazines
  • Authored dozens of technical notes, white papers, project reports, requirements documents, presentations, and agency briefings
  • 8 of 10 proposals written (to 6 federal agencies) funded for a
    total of $1.1M since 1996
  • Curriculum Vitæ: <http://jnshaumeyer.com/career/cv.php>
  • Online Reprints: <http://jnshaumeyer.com/pubs.htm>

Other
Nonfiction
  • Independent communications consultant since 1999
  • Creative partner in preparing business plans, technical documentation, reports, and marketing literature (copy, layout, graphics, logo design)
  • Editor and principal writer of Science Besieged Online, a project of Ars Hermeneutica: <http://ArsHermeneutica.org/besieged>
  • Dozens of short book reviews (Book Notes) of non-fiction books
  • Authored NATO/TRUST Website Project Style Guide and Submission Guidelines: <http://fundforpeace.org/trust/ref/manual/man1-1.htm>
  • Essays, observations, and commentary (500--1000 words);
    for examples, see <http://bearcasle.com/blog>

Fiction
  • Over 30 short-story publications
  • Published in 16 anthologies and several issues of 3 national magazines
  • Recent forays into playwriting; one staged reading to date

Website
  • Creating, writing for, and managing websites since 1996
  • Designed and implemented 15 websites, writing content for 10
  • Online portfolio: <http://jnshaumeyer.com/port.htm>
 
EDUCATION

1984

Ph.D. in Physics (experimental), Wesleyan University
1978 B.S.S. in Physics and Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude,
Phi Beta Kappa
, Cornell College
 
APPENDICES

Curriculum Vitæ

<http://jnshaumeyer.com/career/cv.php>
Online Reprints <http://jnshaumeyer.com/career/reprints.php>
Technical Resume <http://jnshaumeyer.com/career/resume.php>
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