Malik Wilson

Founder & Publisher, Takoma (2108-present)

• Local publisher with more than 40 books in production pipeline
• Writing, Ghostwriting, Editing, Copyediting, and Narrative Development services
• Hosts 40+ in-person events per year - book signings, book talks, salons, fellowships, discussions, and lectures

Visiting  Faculty Fellow, University of Maryland at College Park (2018-present)

• Researcher & Writer in School of Sociology
• Producer of African American Legacies documentary
• Researcher for ongoing Maryland-based writing projects

Board Member, Maryland Association of Historic District Commissions (2023-present)

• Working to preserve historic African American sites in Maryland
• Fundraising, narrative development, and organizing 
• Producing oral histories on African American life in Maryland

Editorial Consultant, African American Museum of History and Culture  (2015-present)

• Copyediting & Exhibition Review
• Video Storyboarding & Narrative Framing
• Editorial Review and Ghostwriting

Visiting Faculty Fellow, Strayer University (2016-2017)

• Curriculum Development & Exposition
• Technical Writing & Institutional Research 
• Script Development & Employee Education

Visiting Faculty Fellow, American University (2015-2016)

• Special Consultant & Advisor to the Dean
• Coordination & Planning for New Programs
• Lead Speechwriter for Educational Policy

Literature Consultant, Kramerbooks (2007-2015)

• Oversaw ordering and sales
• Supervised employee and schedule coordination
• Maintained state and local bookkeeping records to ensure compliance

Editor, Montgomery Sentinel (2008)

• Organized content for student pages
• Coordinate research and writing efforts with local schools
• Wrote content for student pages

 Education Fellow, MDTS (2006-2010)

• Oversaw educational enrichment programs for Maryland Title 1 Schools
• Supervised tutors and provided external coordination
• Maintained state and local bookkeeping records to ensure compliance

Visiting Fellow, The Humanities Council of Washington, DC (2006)

• Developed original humanities curriculum
• Supervised DC-area students
• Taught curriculum sections 

English Teacher, Montgomery County Public High Schools (2001-2005)

• 10-12th grade literature and writing
• Taught research methods, organization and analysis
• Matched daily curriculum to state requirements

Consulting Editor, The Segregated Scholars (2001-2003)

• Published by University of Virginia Press
• Awarded the best history book of 2006 by the ABWH
• Consulting, structuring, and narrative editing

Copyeditor, The Information Revolution and Developing Countries (2001-2002)

• Published by The MIT Press
• Used as textbook at Berkeley, Cambridge, Harvard 
• MLA Proofreading and document preparation

Executive Editor & Partner, philly2nite.com (1999-2001)

• Founding Executive Editor
• Editorial and content oversight
• Contributed more than 500 by-lined articles

University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor of Art in English Literature (1995-2000)

• Andrew Mellon Fellow 
• Research in England and Paris 1997-1999
• Columnist, The Daily Pennsylvanian (Best Columnist, 1999)