Leslie Birdwell Shortlidge
Managing Editor
Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts
shortlidge.2@osu.edu
Leslie Shortlidge comes to the Kirwan Institute with a varied background in writing, publishing, and editing. A native of Michigan, Leslie received both her BA and MA from Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, where she also worked as an editorial assistant for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Leslie has written on a wide variety of subjects as a freelancer for various publications and projects. She has written advertising and promotional copy, technical copy, educational materials, study guides, feature stories on lifestyle and living topics, and archaeology for both adult and juvenile audiences. Leslie edited a book review journal for a nonprofit literary organization in Central Ohio before joining Kirwan.
