      Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishers, 1998. Invited by the Director of Miami University's Master of Technical and Scientific Communication Program to write the chapter, "Writing for the Environmental Sciences." Biosphere 2000: Protecting Our Global Environment, contributing author
New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1993.
Invited by the head of Miami University's Zoology Department to prepare four chapters that address:
Chelsea House Publishers, freelance editor
Edited college textbooks in the Deadly Diseases and Epidemics series published by Chelsea House Publishers: HIV/AIDS, smallpox, typhoid fever and campylobacteriosis.
University of California, Davis, Extension, adjunct instructor Developed and taught the following courses:
University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, medical writer Wrote press releases and articles about research and breakthroughs for the school's medical news magazine.
University of California, Davis, Public Service Research & Dissemination Program, science communication intern Co-author, "Perspectives on Groundwater Contamination: A Conference for Journalists," organized to teach television and print journalists the
fundamentals of environmental toxicology so they could more accurately
report on the health effects of subsurface water contamination. Asilomar, California: April 2-4, 1986.
Miami University, writing instructor
As a graduate assistant in the Master of Technical and Scientific Communication Program, I taught business communication courses to seniors in Miami's school of business that focused on defining the scope, tone, audience, purpose and design for professional documents.
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I have accepted a full-time position with the Washington State University Energy Program and am not accepting new projects at this time.
I will, however, continue to maintain this website as a portfolio of my work. Thank you for your interest! - Melinda  Good times at the U.S. Air Force Bake-Off
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