AcadAmbulance (Candice Bradley, Ph.D.)

I am an academic and former journalist who edits primarily for non-profit, business and academic authors, including graduate students working on their thesis or dissertation and faculty with publishing deadlines. In addition, I am an experienced grant writer and non-profit board member, and regularly assist non-profits with their writing and editing needs. My skills as a quantitative social scientist have been a plus for many of the authors, academics, entrepreneurs and organizations I assist. Most recently, I have edited a series of books by faculty authors on data analytics, published by Pearson Press. One of my nonprofit clients produces monthly newsletters on a Pacific island community, which I edit, while maintaining her voice and cultural sensitivity. Another client is an entrepreneur evaluating a product for a major corporation, and I review his reports annually. I have helped dozens of grad students get through their dissertation or thesis writing stage, with editing as well as mentoring. I have about 30 years of experience writing grants, at first for my own academic research, and during the last 15 years, for non-profit organizations. If you have a 501(c)3 organization, are a qualified individual applying for a grant, or would like instruction on how to research grants yourself, I can help. If you live in the Seattle area, I can work with you one-on-one learning to use the King County Library system's nonprofit and grants materials. I also provide other services to non-profits, including writing and editing, board membership, research, and proposal writing. Additional biographical information: I was a tenured associate professor in a small private Midwestern college and held postdoctoral fellowships in demography at the University of Nairobi and the University of Pennsylvania. I attended the most quantitative and data-oriented graduate school for the social sciences in the US (UC Irvine). I am a quantitative social scientist and cultural anthropologist with long-term fieldwork experience in Africa. In addition to the Ph.D in social sciences, I am a former Fulbright scholar with expertise on Africa, environment, women and children, demography, anthropology, and statistics. I attended journalism school as an undergraduate and started my career working as a news reporter on a large daily newspaper, later editing several small magazines and newspapers. I have dozens of academic publications and an edited book on African families. Personal bio: I was born in Hollywood and grew up with a menagerie of animals in Northridge, CA, but lived on three continents and in seven US states. Anthropologists are defined by their crossings between cultures. I enjoy bringing this insight to the classroom, along with my interest in unmuddled thinking, co-evolution, science, and the vicissitudes of the human mind. I live in Redmond and have three grown children and a one-eyed border collie named Ace.