I am an educational researcher and freelance editor, with a PhD in Adult Education from the University of Toronto (OISE) and over eight years of editing experience.

I have worked with academic and non-fiction authors, including non-native speakers, traversing a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds.

I edit doctoral theses and proposals, book manuscripts, book chapters, articles, papers, essays, and abstracts. In addition to traditional academic discourse, I have edited diverse literary genres, including: narrative, memoir, drama, and poetry. 

I recently held a post-doctoral fellowship at the Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, during which time I launched an online academic journal, Journal of Health Professions Education.

As member of EAC's Toronto branch executive (2007-2009), I edited the newsletter Edition.

PREVIOUS PROJECTS

Academic Books/Manuscripts

Amina, J. (under review). Vanguard of a New Modernity: Jamaat-e-Islami Women in Pakistan.

Knowles, J. G., Promislow, S., & Cole, A. L. (Eds.) (2008). Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-informed Thesis or Dissertation. (Vol. 4, Arts-informed Inquiry Series). Halifax, NS & Toronto, ON: Backalong Books & The Centre for Arts-informed Research.

Cole, A. L. & Knowles, J. G. (2007). Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Doctoral Theses

Jorge Ginieniewicz, PhD (2008, OISE/UT). Citizenship Learning and Political Participation of Immigrants: The Case of Latin Americans in Toronto.

Zhixi Cecilia Zhuang, PhD (2008, U of Waterloo). Ethnic Retailing and the Role of Municipal Planning: Four Case Studies in the Greater Toronto Area.

Anthony Kola-Olusanya, PhD (2008, OISE/UT). Towards an Understanding of Learning in Young Adults’ Thoughts and Actions in Relation to Environmental Sustainability.

Kelly Train, PhD (York U, 2008). Authenticity, Identity and the Politics of Belonging: Sephardic Jews from North Africa and India within the Toronto Jewish Community.

Cynthia Grant, PhD (OISE/UT, 2008). Identity Constructs: Creative Expressions of Cultural Identity in the Lives of Young Artists.

Melanie Knight, PhD (2007, OISE/UT). "We Can't All Be Oprah": How Black Women Negotiate Entrepeneurship.

Refereed Publications 

Promislow, S. and Cole, A. L. (2008). Collaging Borderlands. In J. G. Knowles, S. Promislow, and A. L. Cole, (Eds.) Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-informed Thesis or Dissertation (Vol. 4, Arts-informed Inquiry Series). Halifax, NS & Toronto, ON: Backalong Books & The Centre for Arts-informed Research

Knowles, J. G., and Promislow, S. (2008). Inspiration to Imagine: An Introduction and an Invitation. In J. G. Knowles, S. Promislow, and A. L. Cole (Eds.) Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-informed Thesis or Dissertation (Vol. 4, Arts-informed Inquiry Series). Halifax, NS & Toronto, ON: Backalong Books & The Centre for Arts-informed Research

Knowles, J. G., Promislow, S. and Cole, A. L. (Eds.) (2008). Creating Scholartistry: Imagining the Arts-informed Thesis or Dissertation. (Vol. 4, Arts-informed Inquiry Series). Halifax, NS & Toronto, ON: Backalong Books & The Centre for Arts-informed Research

Knowles, G., and Promislow, S. (2007). Using an Arts Methodology to Create a Thesis or Dissertation. In A. L. Cole and J. G. Knowles Handbook of the Arts in Qualitative Social Science Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications

Promislow, S. (2003). Mother Tongues, Second Languages and Languages “In-Between”: On Multicultural Landscapes and Curriculum, Educational Insights, 8(2).

Promislow, S. (2002) The Significance of Language in the Immigrant Bilingual Experience. In Conference Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Teacher Education: Teacher Education as a Social Mission, Israel, June 23-25, 2002.