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Kallie R. Szczepanski, Legal Content Writer

Kallie R. Szczepanski is a freelance writer and Boston University PhD student, with a JD from the University of Washington (2002).  Her writing and editing background includes serving as a Comments Editor for the Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal, research and preliminary writing on behalf of the Rural Development Institute for reports to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization and the World Bank, as well as several articles published in academic journals on legal and international development issues.  She taught courses in comparative law and English as a Foreign Language at Hallym University in South Korea from 2005 to 2007.  Szczepanski won a Pulitzer Center Citizen Journalism Award in 2007 for an article on US/Ethiopian relations.  Since 2008, she has been the Asian History Guide for About.com, a New York Times company.

Areas of Specialty

Szczepanski specializes in translating complex legal concepts into clear, comprehensible English.  She is borderline obsessive/compulsive about typos and grammatical errors, and sometimes stops at neighborhood businesses to point out mistakes in their signage (politely, of course!)  She receives continually-updated training and tips in the latest SEO techniques through her employment with About.com.

Publications

"Bearing the Burdens, Reaping the Rewards: Who Benefits from Africa's National Parks?" Program for the Study of the African Environment, Working Paper No. 6 (2010).

“Land Policy and Adat Law in Indonesia’s Forests,” Pacific Rim Law and Policy Journal (January 2002).

Education

Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
PhD, History of Africa, expected May 2014

University of Washington School of Law, Seattle, Washington
Juris Doctor, March 2002

Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Bachelor of Arts, History/Africa and Middle East, June 1997

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