“It is easy enough to make an index, as it is to make a broom of odds and ends, as rough as oat straw; but to make an index tied up tight, and that will sweep well into the corners, isn’t so easy.”
— John Ruskin
I have been a professional freelance indexer since 1998. My experience covers a wide range of topics, from medical to public policy books, health and how-to books, cookbooks, and scholarly works. Please see Published indexes for a list of titles I have indexed.
My particular strengths include my analytical skills and foreign language abilities. I am knowledgeable and detail oriented, conscientious about formatting needs and deadlines, and easy to work with.
I index in the following fields:
- Arts
- Biography
- Eastern Europe
- Education
- Health
- History
- Humanities
- Languages/Linguistics
- Life Sciences
- Literary Criticism
- Medicine
- Music/Musicology
- Psychology
- Public Policy
- Social Sciences
Education
Master of Science, Speech Pathology, Boston University
Bachelor of Arts, French, Bucknell University
Work Experience
1998-present: Freelance indexer
1979-present: Speech Pathologist