Expert Profile

Nicholas Pappas is a freelance editor working across academic, research, and nonfiction writing, with particular depth in medicine, the social sciences, and education. He coordinates the EFA AI Affinity Group and serves as production and copy editor for its newsletter, AI Perspectives. His background spans technical communications and instructional design, including knowledge bases, style guides, and documentation for global teams. That work informs how he thinks about editing, tooling, and AI in the field.

He is particularly drawn to research with real-world stakes. Working in healthcare and global nonprofit organizations gave him an appreciation for research that reaches practitioners and policymakers, not just other academics.

Through Narraworks, he supports authors in the final stages before submission, helping them reach publication while keeping their voice and scholarly rigor intact. He also works with writers on professional and nonfiction projects, including reports, white papers, and helping to redesign figures or illustrations that benefit from a careful editorial pass.

In his free time, he enjoys vegetable gardening, cooking for his family, photography, and being outpaced by his twin daughters.