Writer: Allison Carruth, Associate Professor, Department English, Institute for Society and Genetics, and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, UCLA

Chapter: “Introduction: Genealogies and genres of food studies,” Literature and Food Studies by Allison Carruth and Amy L. Tinger (Routledge, 2018)

How we worked together: Allison and I consulted as she revised this chapter, and then I edited the revised draft on the sentence level.

“Michelle is a gifted editor, researcher, and collaborator. The Writing Gym in particular offers an innovative and flexible structure for ongoing writing support, and Michelle does a brilliant job of balancing big picture thinking about one’s projects and goals with nitty gritty and practical strategies for cultivating a regular writing practice.”

— Allison Carruth