Award-winning freelance indexer specializing in back-of-book and embedded indexes for scholarly, trade, and technology and design books.
I use my background in writing, psychology, and information science to accurately reflect your conceptual structure for the book and quickly guide readers to the information they need. My tech skills include design, programming, usability testing, and developing documentation and trainings, giving me the knowledge and experience to index a wide range of technology books effectively.
I do not use large language model AIs (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to index books. View my statement on AI here.
Education and Training
- Indexing Theory & Application course, University of California, Berkeley
- Master of Science in Information, Human-Computer Interaction, University of Michigan
- Master of Science in Psychology and Certificate in Culture and Cognition, University of Michigan
Professional Affiliations and Volunteering
- American Society for Indexing, Director-at-Large and AI Committee Chair
- Pacific Northwest Chapter, Chair and Co-Webmaster
- Digital Publications Indexing SIG, Co-Webmaster
- Open Cindex Project Coordinator
- Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d’indexation, Member
Other Experience
I have worked as a data manager, project manager, and research study coordinator. Past employers include the University of California, San Francisco, where I worked on various behavioral health studies, and the Reproducibility Project, an open science collaboration involving >100 researchers and >50 projects.