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RESUME
Katherine McKay

1987 M.F.A. (Master of Fine Arts), California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
1984 B.F.A. (Bachelor of Fine Arts) summa cum laude, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1967-68 Study at University of Marburg, Germany, under a fellowship from the Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst
1967 B.A. magna cum laude, philosophy, University of Houston

Areas: Business/finance/economics, scholarly/academic, arts, legal

Functions: Copyediting, writing, proofreading, translation German to English

1999-present S. Gilbert, writer and translator: Edit book texts, revise and edit translations
2004-present Northern California Women's Caucus for Art newsletter: Contribute an article per issue on the subject of artists' business
2003-present Richmond Art Center: Copyedit and proofread course catalogs, manuscript of art instructions for schoolteachers, other publications
2002 L. Lacey, writer: Proofread book galleys
2002 East Bay Editors Forum: Proofread online directories
1999 Independent Institute, a think tank in Oakland, California: Proofread book galleys
1997-99 Libertarian Lifeline (publication of the East Bay Libertarian Party): Assistant editor: edited texts, wrote monthly essay of 2-3 pages on social, political or economic topics
1979 Translation Consultants, Arlington, Virginia: Translator of scientific and technical texts from German into English; subjects included chemistry, biology, optometry, marine navigation, electricity
1968-69 Der neue Dienst, Bad Godesberg, Germany: Assistant, with responsibilities for proofreading German texts for newspapers and writing articles based on interviews with English speakers

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 Tutor private students in German
2003-present City of Richmond Adult Education Program: tutor foreign students in English; tutor GED students
1967 Dolmetscher-Institut, Bonn, Germany: Teacher of translation from German to English and of advanced English

German: fluent speaking, reading and translation