Editor-in-Chief's Corner
Who is ProperEdits? Me. My name is Tiffany Draper. I have been an editor for over ten years. I have a Master’s Degree in English with a Professional Writing Certificate from Northern Arizona University. I also have a PhD in Instructional Design and Technology from Liberty University. I’ve taught many years of English composition and journalism courses at the university and high school levels. I’ve edited novels, dissertations, resumes, cover letters, essays, marketing material and advertisements, and every other document that has crossed my desktop. I really like editing. In fact, I nerd-out over it. It’s like solving a puzzle.
You’re still reading? I’m married to the love of my life, and we have four amazing children. We also have three adorable labradoodles.
More? My current goal is to surpass my son’s high score on the FunHouse pinball machine in our basement–the best compulsive purchase I’ve made so far in my life.
How ProperEdits Works
Authorship
The goal of the ProperEdits’ proofreading and editing process is to maintain the writer’s voice. Through the use of the track changes function in Microsoft Word, you can see every proposed modification to your document and all comments, making it easy for you to accept changes and incorporate suggestions into your document. We strictly adhere to the policy that our role is to provide guidance, analysis, and consulting. The client remains the sole author of their work, maintaining complete ownership and responsibility for the content, findings, and conclusions.
Academic Integrity
ProperEdits is committed to academic integrity. By engaging in the services of ProperEdits, clients agree to uphold ethical reporting practices. ProperEdits does not support the suppression, misrepresentation, or selective reporting of data and findings. Plagiarism is not tolerated. Clients are expected to be transparent and honest in their reporting to ensure the integrity of their research. Meaningful research contributing to academia and society can only be achieved through academic integrity.
Security & Confidentiality
Prioritizing our clients’ privacy to ensure that all information, data, and communication are kept confidential is vital at ProperEdits. We do not share or disclose any client information or data without our client’s explicit permission. When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline. Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for “https” at the beginning of the address of the Web page. While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.