About Me

• Indexing of books and other print materials, tailored to your specifications
• Copyediting of nonfiction works, including manuscript critiques, substantive editing, and general cleanup
• Proofreading of any print or digital materials
• Firsthand knowledge of the book-publishing process, from front matter to back matter, manuscript prep to page proofs
• Software expertise in Microsoft Office suite, SKY Index, and PDF markup

• Twenty years of experience as a freelance contractor (2005–present), providing editorial services to publishers, museums and galleries, business organizations, and independent authors
• Six years of experience as an in-house editor at Pomegranate (1999–2005), publisher of fine art books and calendars
• Six years of experience teaching English and writing at the high school and college levels
• Instructor of Indexing Art Books, a three-part online course developed for the American Society for Indexing

• Book Indexing course, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2004
• PhD in English, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1999
• MA in English, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 1992
• BA and secondary teacher certification in English, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 1985

• American Society for Indexing, 2004–present (President of ASI, 2023–2024)
• Bay Area Editors' Forum, 2006–present
• Association of Art Editors, 2009–present

• Art publications, such as exhibition catalogues and artist monographs
• Scholarly books, particularly those in the humanities or social sciences
• Trade books, often in the fields of business or legal self-help

INDEXING

• Queer Lens: A History of Photography (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2025)
• Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection (Art Institute of Chicago, 2025)
• Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, 800–1600 (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2024)
• Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter in the Age of Velázquez (Metropolitan Museum of Art (2023)
• Becoming A U.S. Citizen, 11th ed. (Nolo, 2023)
• America Goes Modern: The Rise of the Industrial Designer (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 2022)
• Alice Neel: People Come First (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021)
• Mapping the Amazon: Literary Geography after the Rubber Boom (Liverpool Univ. Press, 2021)
• Book of Beasts: The Bestiary in the Medieval World (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2019)
•  Concrete: Case Studies in Conservation Practice (Getty Conservation Institute, 2018)
• Wayne Thiebaud: 1958–1968 (Manetti Shrem Museum of Art / Univ. of California Press, 2018)
• Golden Kingdoms: Luxury Arts in the Ancient Americas (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2017)
• The Remittance Landscape: Spaces of Migration in Rural Mexico and Urban USA (Univ. of Chicago Press, 2015)
• Andy Warhol: The Complete Commissioned Magazine Work (Prestel, 2014)

COPYEDITING

• The Mother Teresa Effect: What I Learned Volunteering for a Saint (Parasol Press, 2016)
• Homage to the Hudson River School: Paintings by Jack Stuppin (ACA Galleries, 2015)
• The Time Is Now: 7 Ways to Get Off the Diet Rollercoaster and Get On With Your Life (Laucius, 2015)
• Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage (Pomegranate / Crocker Art Museum, 2015)
• Prepper's Long-Term Survival Guide (Ulysses Press, 2014)
• Power and Glory: Court Arts of China's Ming Dynasty (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2008)
• Louis Sullivan's Merchants National Bank (Pomegranate, 2007)
• Hidden Meanings in Chinese Art (Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 2006)
• Hometown Architect: The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois (Pomegranate / FLW Preservation Trust, 2006)

PROOFREADING

• Tarsila do Amaral: Inventing Modern Art in Brazil (Art Institute of Chicago, 2017)
• The Savvy Bride's Guide: Simple Ways to a Stylish and Graceful Wedding (Parasol Press, 2015)
• The Savvy Girl's Guide to Grace: Small Touches with Big Impact at Home, Work and in Love (Parasol Press, 2013)

Additional project titles and samples available on request.