Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Editor

  • Jul 2010 - Present

  Managing Editor of Feminist Economics, highly ranked, international journal based at Rice University. --Manage all aspects of producing quarterly journal focused on gender in economics. --Oversee/create journal's social media presence--Oversee/create and monitor budget--Proposal writing and grants administration; conference planning--Interact with distinguished international scholars --Supervise four staff and two-three part-time graduate fellows.Contributors include Nobel-laureate Amartya Sen. From mission statement: "The goal of Feminist Economics is not just to develop more illuminating theories, but to improve the conditions of living for all children, women, and men." Show less

• Senior Editor, Feminist Economics

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

  --Carry out all aspects of manuscript preparation and production for international scholarly journal--Liaison with publisher--Work closely with international contributors, distinguished scholars, and journal parent organization, IAFFE (International Association for Feminist Economics)--Promoted to managing editor within nine months



Polly A. Morrice

• Houston, Texas

• Independent writing and editing professional

  • Sep 1998 - Present

  Carry out wide variety of deadline-driven assignments for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, online publications, and nonprofit organizations. Regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review; op-eds published in same paper. Contributor to Salon, Redbook, and numerous nonfiction book projects. Published short-story writer (The New Yorker) Significant grant-writing and development experience. Carry out wide variety of deadline-driven assignments for newspapers, magazines, academic journals, online publications, and nonprofit organizations. Regular contributor to The New York Times Book Review; op-eds published in same paper. Contributor to Salon, Redbook, and numerous nonfiction book projects. Published short-story writer (The New Yorker) Significant grant-writing and development experience.



The Heritage Society

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development

  • 1997 - 1998

  Carried out all aspects of fundraising for historic house museum. --Cultivated donors --Wrote grant proposals for foundations, corporations, and government funders --Marketed annual fund --Organized special events, including annual gala/auction. Carried out all aspects of fundraising for historic house museum. --Cultivated donors --Wrote grant proposals for foundations, corporations, and government funders --Marketed annual fund --Organized special events, including annual gala/auction.



Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Editor, Office of Publications

  • 1997 - 1997

  --Edited articles for university magazine--Issue planning in conjunction with editorial team--Wrote and edited fundraising and publicity materials for university constituencies, including Rice's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy.

• Director, Development Communications

  • 1994 - 1997

  --Supervised two staff members in creating grant proposals and campaign case statements for multimillion-dollar university priorities --Assigned and edited communications with major donors--Promoted from development writer position within a year.



Writers in the Schools (WITS)

• Houston Independent School District

• Writer in Residence

  • 1993 - 1994

  Taught creative writing to disadvantaged fourth-graders in Houston-based, nationally recognized program. Taught creative writing to disadvantaged fourth-graders in Houston-based, nationally recognized program.