WRITING FOR HIGHER ED
ann kellett, ph.d.
I help you promote your personal and professional brand through the written word.
I spent many years as a writer at one of the nation's largest university systems and its flagship campus. That was so much fun that I started my own business along the way. Today, I write exclusively for higher ed leaders across the United States and around the world. It's as thrilling to me today as it was back when I started.
services & samples
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I wrote for three university system chancellors and three university presidents, and can provide the following:
- Speeches and talking points
- Narratives for personal statements and for funding and other proposals
- Op-eds, blog posts, columns for stakeholder publications, and other thought leader narratives
feature writing
Three articles in the 2019 issue of Benefactor, from Mays Business School at Texas A&M.
Eight articles in the Fall 2019 issue of CVM Today, from Texas A&M's School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
Eight articles in the Fall 2019 issue of CVM Today, from Texas A&M's School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.
news writing
rewriting for general audiences
I have extensive experience in reframing technical information for diverse audiences, including helping university faculty pitch story ideas and stories to The Conversation, an international platform that promotes academic research findings.
For example, Marco Palma published "Self Control: Knowledge or Perishable Resource?" in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
We reworked it for The Conversation as "Research on How Self-Control Works Could Help You Stick With New Year's Resolutions."
To date, more than 83,000 people have read it in news outlets worldwide.
marketing and promotional materials
A Legacy of Service: The Texas Fire School 1930-2000I did all of the archival research, interviewing, writing, and editing of A Legacy of Service, an award-winning coffee-table book about the history of the Texas Engineering Extension Service's Fire Training School.
book editing
Street Culture in Chengdu: Public Space, Urban Commoners, and Local Politics, 1870-1930
I provided heavy-duty developmental editing and rewriting for Di Wang's Street Culture in Chengdu, published by Stanford University Press in 2005. The Urban History Association gave it the Best Book in Non-North American History Award in 2005, and Chinese Readers' Weekly ranked it as one of the 10 best books published in China in 2006.
Over There in the Air: The Fightin' Texas Aggies in World War I, 1917-1918I provided initial developmental editing and copy editing for Over There in the Air (Texas A&M University Press, 2019), by John A. Adams, Jr., which chronicles the emergence of aerial warfare during World War I and the contributions of Texas A&M aviators.
Over There in the Air: The Fightin' Texas Aggies in World War I, 1917-1918I provided initial developmental editing and copy editing for Over There in the Air (Texas A&M University Press, 2019), by John A. Adams, Jr., which chronicles the emergence of aerial warfare during World War I and the contributions of Texas A&M aviators.
I also provide copy editing for Inklings Publishing.
book writing
Using the Five Senses to Improve Your WritingThis short ebook helps writers strategically use the five senses so that readers will be fully engaged with the characters as they move through this fictional world.
A Freelancer's Guide to Difficult ClientsThis short guide, published the Editorial Freelancers Association, breaks down the different categories of difficult clients that emerged from my survey of other freelancers (the bully, the rule changer, and so on) and gives practical tips for correcting the situation.
Interviewing Relatives for Your Family HistoryI had so much fun conducting interviews for my doctoral dissertation that I wrote this short ebook to help people get interesting and important information from their living relatives for their family histories.
A Freelancer's Guide to Difficult ClientsThis short guide, published the Editorial Freelancers Association, breaks down the different categories of difficult clients that emerged from my survey of other freelancers (the bully, the rule changer, and so on) and gives practical tips for correcting the situation.
Interviewing Relatives for Your Family HistoryI had so much fun conducting interviews for my doctoral dissertation that I wrote this short ebook to help people get interesting and important information from their living relatives for their family histories.
about ann
Getting ready to cross the stage for my Ph.D. Seems like yesterday!
- I earned a B.A. in English from Hendrix College (Conway, Arkansas).
- I earned an M.Ed. and a Ph.D. in higher education administration (both with a PR focus) from Texas A&M University.
- My doctoral dissertation was only the second to receive both Dissertation of the Year and the T.M. Stinnett Award for Research Excellence.
- I was in Leadership Texas (now Leadership Women), a year-long program for 100 women leaders.
- I was awarded an Administrative Fulbright Grant to Japan.
- My work has received recognition from IABC, CASE, and other organizations.
- My mystery/suspense fiction also has received several honors, including this and this.