Staff of the Oxford English Dictionary

Chief Editor: John Simpson

Deputy Chief Editor: Edmund Weiner

Editorial Project Director: Michael Proffitt

Editorial Director of Dictionaries: Judy Pearsall

Editorial project

General revision

Sarah Williams (Principal Editor)

Andrew Ball, Peter Gilliver, Denny Hilton, Rosamund Ions (Manager, Training and Policy), Eleanor Maier, Aliki Pantos, Bernadette Paton, Jennie Price, Jonjo Roberts, Richard Shapiro, Jesse Sheidlower (Editor-at-Large, North America), Kate Wild

Freelance/temporary: Lesley Brown, Penny Silva, Andrew Watson

Science

Emma Lenz (Principal Editor) Judith Craft, Tom Flynn, Richard Holden, Sara Kirkham, Danuta Padley, Bill Trumble, Ruth Arstall (research)

Freelance/temporary: Dominic Corbett, Alan Hughes, Robert Hughes, Jeremy Marshall, Mary Murray, David Shirt

New words

Graeme Diamond (Principal Editor)

Matthew Bladen, Sara Hawker, Jane Johnson, Lisa Johnston, Craig Leyland, Fiona McPherson, David Martin, Katherine Martin, Fiona Mooring, Paddy Phillips, Clive Holt (research), Fabienne Beaujean (data capture)

Etymology

Philip Durkin (Principal Etymologist)

Anthony Esposito, Andreas Gröger, Inge Milfull, Samantha Schad, Tania Styles, Katrin Thier, Nicolay Yakovlev

Bibliography

Veronica Hurst (Principal Bibliographer)

Laura Ellis, John Paterson, Kay Pepler

Freelance/temporary: Emma-Louise Case, Catherine Dille, Lynne Doy, Meraud Ferguson Hand, Jack Flavell, Phil Gerrish, Margaret McKay, Lucy Stone, Vassilis Vavoulis, Gill Walker

Editorial research (general)

Richard Shapiro (Pre-editorial Research Manager)

Rachel Adams, Jean-Pierre de Rosnay, Claire Etty, Giles Goodland, Owen Goodyear, Matt Kohl, Iona Ogilvie, Gerard O’Reilly, Richard Power, Christine Somerville, Kate Tadman-Mourby, Beth Tovey

Freelance/temporary: Sally Couper, Jonathan Dent, Imogen Foxell, Emily Gray, Heather Stone, Meriel Patrick, Barbara Whitfield

Pronunciations

Catherine Sangster (Head of Pronunciations)

Library research

Sarah Mann (Head of Library Research)

Billy Cook, Valerie Gorman, Catherine Henstridge, David Karunanithy, Jon Simon, Pamela Wagner

Freelance/temporary: Brigid Allen, David Banks, Richard Beatty, Jon Danziger, Mark Davies, Jillian Dudman, Jane Garry, Lavinia Griffiths, Lucy Hall, Sally Hinkle, Matthew Holford, Michele Melady, Joshua Pendragon, Katherine Stott, Gian Svennevig, Lavina Snoek

Publication and data

Elizabeth Ashdowne (Data Manager)

Diane Diffley, Judi Lancashire, Pam Marjara

Freelance/temporary: Sarah Iversen, Christopher Kissane

Planning and administration

Jane Millar (Project Manager, Planning and Administration)

Scarlett Nash, Jenny Winsland

Freelance/temporary: Velemir Andreev, Ursula Steele

Reading programmes

Freelance/temporary: Pat Back, Colin Bagnall, John Birchall, Chris Brown, Charles Deodene, Alan Hartley, John Healey, Jane Hollebon, Daria Kelly-Uhlig, Alexander McIntyre, Adam Marshall, Amy Martin, Ruth Mateer, Nicole Miller, Eleanor Niblett, Vivienne Painting, Michael Quinion, Merle Read, David Rode, Jacque Russom, Freda Thornton, Jelly Williams, Nathalie Wourm

Publishing

Publishing and product development

Glynnis Keir (Head of Online Dictionaries)

Content management systems

Andrew Peerless (Manager, Content Management Systems Support)

Katrina Campbell

Marketing

Malie Lalor

Publicity

Nicola Burton (UK), Christian Purdy (US)