Ms. Sophrina Assey has vast experience of working as an editor whereby she started her career journey as a Science Editor at Dar es Salaam University Press (DUP) from 2005 to 2012. Throughout the period, she garnered publishing knowledge and skills from experienced editors. She also underwent a number of short courses and training in publishing from different avenues where she developed a capacity to handle manuscripts from primary to tertiary levels.

Her expertise in publishing was further advanced by her experience as an academic publishing editor at St. John’s University of Tanzania (SJUT) from 2012 to 2015 where she coordinated a project titled “Strengthening Research and Proposal Writing Skills at Academic Institutions in Tanzania.” The project involved training Tanzanian researchers and academic staff on research and grant proposal writing from which she was equipped to be a trainer as well. Other responsibilities she handled as the academic publishing editor include reviewing academic manuscripts for academic staff at the institution, training on how to get published in academic journals and offering support in publishing processes like journal identification and manuscript editing.

Academically, Sophrina is a holder of a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) with distinguishing performance in the Research Methodology course. She is also a holder of a Bachelor Degree in Environmental Sciences and Management from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA). Her academic background which combine both natural and social science degrees qualify her to handle a wide array of manuscripts.

Areas of Expertise

• Academic writing
• Research and proposal writing
• Substantive editing
• Copyediting
• Proofreading
• Translation (English ↔Swahili)
• Training in academic writing and publishing