George (Gabriel) Hartley, PhD
Retired Professor of English | Editor and Proofreader
Education & Professional Experience
- Expertise in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and academic writing styles (APA, MLA, CMS, and more).
- Extensive experience editing and proofreading academic and creative works, including theses, dissertations, and professional documents.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and advanced research tools.
Relevant Skills
- Expertise in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and academic writing styles (APA, MLA, CMS, and more).
- Extensive experience editing and proofreading academic and creative works, including theses, dissertations, and professional documents.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat, and advanced research tools.
Teaching Career
- Taught critical thinking, writing, and literature at Ohio University for nearly four decades.
- Designed and taught courses in Critical Theory, Honors Composition, Poetry and Poetics, and World Literature.
- Extensive experience guiding students to improve grammar, style, and clarity in their academic and creative writing.
Selected Publications
Books
- Into the Cenote with Gloria Anzaldúa: Dark Radiance, Descent, Dwelling (Forthcoming, Bloomsbury, 2026).
- The Abyss of Representation: Marxism and the Postmodern Sublime (Duke University Press, 2003).
- Textual Politics and the Language Poets (Indiana University Press, 1989).
Essays
- Kachina Visions and the Expansion of Cultural Identity
- “Matriz sin tumba”: The Trash Goddess and the Healing Matrix of Gloria Anzaldúa’s Reclaimed Womb
- Hegemony and Identity: The Chicano Hybrid in Francisco X Alarcon’s Snake Poems
