1. MAXINE ELLEN IDAKUS
FREELANCE EDITORIAL SERVICES
Phone: (609) 371–1367 E-mail: m.idakus@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Copyediting Proofreading Line Editing
Project Management Data Quality Assurance Tabling
SPECIALIZATION
Tax and Business Law Humanitarian Law Social Sciences
Accounting International Law Media
Political Science Environmental Law Religion
New Books and Journals Cumulative Supplements Loose-Leaf Supplements
RECENT BOOKS
Scott Rose, Fred Wenner, and Al Rose, Fifteen Steps Out of Darkness: The Way of the Cross for People on
the Journey of Mental Illness (Orbis Books, 2016)
Bradford E. Hinze, Prophetic Obedience: Ecclesiology for a Dialogical Church (Orbis Books, 2016)
Donna M. Barry & Paul M. Cell eds., Campus Sexual Assault Response Teams: Program Development and
Operational Management (Civic Research Institute, 2009, 2016)
Agnes M. Brazal and María Teresa Dávila eds., Living with(out) Borders: Theological Ethics on the Migration
of Peoples (Orbis Books, 2016)
James B. Martin-Schramm, Daniel T. Spencer, and Laura A. Stivers, Earth Ethics: A Case Method Approach
(Orbis Book, 2015)
Diarmuid O’Murchu, Inclusivity: A Gospel Mandate (Orbis Books, 2015)
John C. Coffee, Jr., Entrepreneurial Litigation: Its Rise, Fall, and Future (Harvard University Press, 2015)
Bradley T. Borden, Tax-Free Like-Kind Exchanges (Civic Research Institute, 2008, 2015)
Amber D. Moulton, The Fight for Interracial Marriage Rights in Antebellum Massachusetts (Harvard University
Press, 2015)
Ilya Somin, The Grasping Hand: Kelo v. City of New London and the Limits of Eminent Domain (University
Press of Chicago, 2015)
Mo Therese Hannah and Barry Goldstein eds., Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody: Legal
Strategies and Policy Issues, Vols. 1 and 2 (Civic Research Institute, 2010, 2015)
William J. O’Malley, You’ll Never Be Younger: A Good News Spirituality for Those Over 60 (Orbis Book, 2015)
Jason Storbakken, Radical Spirituality: Repentance, Resistance, Revolution (Orbis Book, 2014)
Henry A. Dlugacz ed., Reentry Planning for Offenders With Mental Disorders: Policy and Practice Vols. 1 and
2 (Civic Research Institute, 2010, 2014)
Linda Hogan and Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator eds., Feminist Catholic Theological Ethics: Conversations in
the World Church (Orbis Books, 2014)
Maura A. Mulloy, Resilience-Building Schools for At-Risk Youth: How to Develop the Social, Emotional, and
Motivational Foundations of Academic Success (Civic Research Institute, 2014)
Stacey Cornett, Home-Based Services in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (Civic Research Institute,
2014)
2. Barry Goldstein and Elizabeth Liu, Representing the Domestic Violence Survivor: Critical Legal Issues;
Effective Safety Strategies (Civic Research Institute, 2013)
Stacey Cornett, Home-Based Services for High-Risk Youth: Assessment, Wraparound Planning, and Service
Delivery (Civic Research Institute, 2011)
Jefferson Cowie, Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class (The New Press, 2010)
Edward V. Nunes et al. eds., Substance Dependence and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders: Best Practices
for Diagnosis and Clinical Treatment (Civic Research Institute, 2010)
RECENT JOURNALS
American Business Law Journal (American Business Law Association)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers (2013–
present)
Diplomatic History (Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers (2008–
2012)
Economic Geography (Clark University)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers (2013–2015); Taylor & Francis (2016–
present)
Journal of Legal Studies Education (Academy of Legal Studies in Business)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers
(2005–present)
Law & Policy (University of Denver)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers (2007–present)
Law & Social Inquiry (American Bar Foundation)—Wiley-Blackwell Publishers (2006–2012)
Presidential Studies Quarterly (Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress)—Wiley-Blackwell
Publishers (2011–2016)
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Maxine E. Idakus, East Windsor, NJ 2000–present
Freelance Editorial Services
Aspen Law & Business Publishers, New York, NY 1999–2000
Director of Editorial Services
CCH Incorporated, New York, NY 1993–1999
Site Coordinator 1997–1999
Publishing Services Leader (Production Specialist Support) 1993-1997
Matthew Bender & Co., Inc., New York, NY 1978–1993
Assistant Manager, Editorial Services 1983–1993
Editorial Services Supervisor (Senior Supervisor) 1981–1983
Group Associate 1978–1981
Research Institute of America, Inc., New York, NY 1975–1978
Editorial Assistant
STYLE MANUALS
Chicago Manual of Style
The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
APSA Style Manual for Political Science
EDUCATION
B.A. English/Creative Writing Queens College, Flushing, NY
Member Editorial Freelancers Association