Education

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Email: maire@diaspora.gen.nz

Phone: 021 152 2859

Services and Availability

Recent Projects and Employment History

Publications

Victoria University of Wellington

  • Graduate Diploma in Arts (Linguistics), 2000

    Linguistic analysis, historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and Middle English
  • Honours in English Language (First Class), 1999

    Comparative and historical Germanic linguistics, Old English, and Old Icelandic
  • Bachelor of Arts (English Language), 1997

    Old English, Middle English, education, Russian literature, German, philosophy, algebra and geometry, and New Zealand flora and fauna
  • Other Papers (1992–1999)

    Second-year: Geology
    First-year: Geology, botany, physics, chemistry, Latin, and German

Conferences, Courses, Seminars, and Workshops

  • WriteMark Plain English Conference (Reality check — the challenges and benefits of plain English in government and business), 2007
    WriteMark
  • Advanced Editing, 2006

    Anna Rogers for the Local Publishers Forum
  • WriteMark Conference workshops (F-language for websites, coaching/mentoring, and measuring plain language), 2006

    Rachel McAlpine, Neil James, and Jacquie Harrison
  • Maori Language (two courses), 2003

    Wellington High School Community Education Centre
  • Introduction to Etexts (XML and future-proofing electronic publications), 2002

    David Seaman (Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia)
  • Create a Web Page with HTML, 2002

    First Bite of the Apple
  • Peer Editors' Training Course (working with students from non-English-speaking backgrounds), 1999

    Student Learning Support Service
  • Project Management, 1997

    Learning Media
  • Editing for Print, 1997

    Macmillan and Prebble, Editorial Consultants
  • Effective Business Communication, 1997

    Champagne Consultants

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