My background

Experience and education

I edit books and other publications full-time as an editorial consultant. Prior to 1997, at Harvard University's Center for Science and International Affairs (CSIA) (now the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, BCSIA), I was:

senior editor, CSIA, 1991-96;

co-founder and co-editor (1991-94), then executive editor (1994-96), of a book series now published by MIT Press;

deputy editor (1991-96) and assistant managing editor (1987-91) of the quarterly journal International Security.

Since 1987 I have also:

edited dozens of books and articles in the fields of international relations, defense and security affairs, technology policy, and business;

managed the publication of numerous books through the entire process: editing, typesetting, proofreading, design, and printing;

offered writing workshops to scholars at Columbia University, MIT, the University of Chicago, and Harvard University, and taught editing and writing in adult education (Brookline, Mass.).

Now an inactive member of the Washington State Bar Association, between 1979 and 1987 I practiced law with a large Seattle firm, with the Washington State Legislature as session counsel, and in private practice.

I hold a law degree (1979) from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in history (1975) from the University of Washington in my hometown of Seattle.

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Teresa Lawson CV, July 2008