Laura J. Vollmer, PhD
St. Charles, MO, USA
EDUCATION
PhD University of Groningen, Comparative Study of Religion (2017)
MRes University of Groningen, Religion and Culture (2013)
MA Washington University in St. Louis, East Asian Studies (2010)
Areas of Specialty
East Asia
History of religions (modern to contemporary)
Religion and science, health, culture, and society
Theory and method in the study of religion and knowledge
Postmodern philosophy
EXPERIENCE (Selected List)
Freelance Copy, Language, and Line Editor independently contracted by Stanford Univeristy Press, the University Press of Mississippi, McFarland, Brill, and numerous individual authors (2014–present). Some publications include:
Debies-Carl, Jeffrey S., If You Should Go at Midnight: Legends and Legend Tripping in America (University Press of Mississippi, 2023).
Fraustino, Lisa Rowe, ed., "The Velveteen Rabbit" at 100 (University Press of Mississippi, 2023).
Golden, Kelly B., Yoga of Resilience: Embodying a Practice to Thrive through Hardship (McFarland, 2023).
Hantke, Steffen, Cloverfield: Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema (University Press of Mississippi, 2023).
Hendrix, Lee, Peep Light: Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain (University Press of Mississippi, 2024).
Kabat, Julie, Love Letter from Pig: My Brother’s Story of Freedom Summer (University Press of Mississippi, 2023).
Nissen, Nanna Eva, Forensic Theology and the Evaluation of Blasphemy Offences: The Prosecution of Written Pacts with the Devil in Denmark-Norway between 1634 and 1754 (PhD diss., University of Copenhagen, 2022).
Reeh, Niels, “Dancing with Religion: Organized Atheism and Humanism in the Field of Religions in Denmark,” Numen 69.5–6 (2022), 542–68.
Scott-Smith, Tom, Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2024).
Smith, Aaron X., ed., Afrocentricity in AfroFuturism: Toward Afrocentric Futurism (University Press of Mississippi, 2023).
von Stuckrad, Kocku, The Scientification of Religion: An Historical Study of Discursive Change, 1800–2000 (De Gruyter, 2014).
Wiggins, James, Outliving the White Lie: A Southerner’s Historical, Genealogical, and Personal Journey (University Press of Mississippi, 2024).
Copy and Line Editor and Editorial Assistant for Journal of Religion in Europe (Sept. 2011–June 2013; Jan. 2017–Dec. 2021)
Copy and Line Editor and Proofreader for Vienna Journal of East Asian Studies (Sept. 2013–Apr. 2014)
Copy and Line Editor and Proofreader for Numen: International Review for the History of Religions (Nov. 2012–Dec. 2013)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Manuals of style (proficient): ASA; APA; MLA; SBLHS
Manuals of style (expert): CMOS
MS Word (expert)
British and American English spelling and punctuation (expert)
Content Management Systems
Editorial Manager (proficient)
Infobase Content Management System (intermediate)
LANGUAGES
English (native/expert)
Mandarin Chinese (advanced)
Classical Chinese (advanced)
REFERENCES
Valerie Jones
Senior project editor, University Press of Mississippi
Email: [email protected]
Titus Hjelm, PhD
Former managing editor, Journal of Religion in Europe
Email: [email protected]
Anne Koch, PhD
Author and former managing editor, Journal of Religion in Europe
Email: [email protected]
