Overview
On Reedsy, I focus on cookbooks (dessert, global cuisines, vegetarian and vegan foods, and cocktails in particular) and trade books about food and foodways. I have six years of experience as an editor and indexer, with specialized training as a cookbook indexer. I have indexed a half dozen cookbooks, and am looking forward to working with you.
I also edit and index scholarly work. I have extensive experience working with materials across the humanities and social sciences, especially political science, gender studies, media and communication studies, LIS, history, and American, African-American and ethnic studies.
I particularly enjoy helping early career scholars create successful book proposals, and navigate the challenges of turning the dissertation into a publishable book.
I can be reached via my website.
I also edit and index scholarly work. I have extensive experience working with materials across the humanities and social sciences, especially political science, gender studies, media and communication studies, LIS, history, and American, African-American and ethnic studies.
I particularly enjoy helping early career scholars create successful book proposals, and navigate the challenges of turning the dissertation into a publishable book.
I can be reached via my website.
Services
Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
History
LGBTQ Non-Fiction
Political Science & Current Affairs
Travel
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Self-employed
Jun, 2016 —
Present
I provide editing and indexing services in the social sciences and humanities. I also index cookbooks. I have deep familiarity with Chicago, APA and a variety of house styles
I have provided copyediting services for authors working with a wide variety of scholarly publishers, including Cornell University Press, Utah State University Press, University of Chicago Press, UMass Press, Taylor and Francis, Routledge, and Sage. I edit journal articles and white papers and am a regular freelancer for a series of National Park Services histories, as well as for the Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement and the Journal for Policy Analysis and Management
In addition, I index scholarly works, including a particular specialization with Cambridge University Press embedded indexing.
Portfolio
The responsiveness to societal demands is both the key virtue and the key problem of modern democracies. On the one hand, responsiveness is a central cornerstone of democratic legitimacy. On the other hand, responsiveness inevitably entails policy accumulation... read more
Why do some military and rebel groups commit many types of violence, creating an impression of senseless chaos, whereas others carefully control violence against civilians? A classic catch-22 faces the leaders of armed groups and provides the title for Amelia ... read more
Obstetric fistula is a birthing injury caused by prolonged obstructed labor that results in urinary and fecal incontinence. It is nearly non-existent in the Global North. In contrast Niger, in West Africa, has one of the highest rates of fistula in the world. ... read more
The history of coffee is much more than the tale of one luxury good—it is a lens through which to consider various strands of world history, from food and foodways to religion and economics and sociocultural dynamics.A Rich and Tantalizing Brew traces the hist... read more
In the sixty years following the Spanish conquest, indigenous communities in central Mexico suffered the equivalent of three Black Deaths, a demographic catastrophe that prompted them to rebuild under the aegis of Spanish missions. Where previous histories hav... read more
This book examines how opposition groups respond to the dilemma posed by authoritarian elections in the Arab World, with specific focus on Jordan and Algeria. While scholars have investigated critical questions such as why authoritarian rulers would hold elect... read more
At the turn of the twentieth century, American journalists transmitted news across the country by telegraph. But what happened when these stories weren't true? In Bad News Travels Fast, Patrick C. File examines a series of libel cases by a handful of plaintiff... read more
More than half of American adults and more than seventy-five percent of young Americans believe in intelligent extraterrestrial life. This level of belief rivals that of belief in God. American Cosmic examines the mechanisms at work behind the thriving belief ... read more
The history and meaning of the Berlin Wall remain controversial, even three decades after its fall. Drawing on an extensive range of archival sources and interviews, this book profiles key memory activists who have fought to commemorate the history of the Berl... read more
Based on original interviews conducted across three continents, this book relates the experiences of nine Syrian women refugees and their perspectives on a range of subjects. Each narrative reveals a displaced woman’s concept of the self in relation to memory,... read more
An engaging look into the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, queer activists devoted to social justice The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence make up an unlikely order of nuns. Self-described as “twenty-first century queer nuns,” the Sisters began in 1979 when thre... read more
Libraries are exploring new roles and new partnerships on college campuses in order to improve students’ experiences and enable learning outside the classroom. But other than faculty members, who are librarians’ potential partners? The student affairs professi... read more
Writing with Clarity and Style, 2nd Edition, will help you to improve your writing dramatically. The book shows you how to use dozens of classical rhetorical devices to bring power, clarity, and effectiveness to your writing. You will also learn about writing ... read more
Twentieth century continental thinkers such as Bergson, Levinas and Jonas have brought fresh and renewed attentions to Jewish ethics, yet it still remains fairly low profile in the Anglophone academic world. This collection of critical essays brings together t... read more
In the twenty-first century technology has become global, and firms compete using knowledge and capital. The ‘traditional firm’ has a need for innovation and depends on efficient knowledge management to improve productivity. This book examines five firms that ... read more
The Politics of the Headscarf in the United States investigates the social and political effects of the practice of Muslim-American women wearing the headscarf (hijab) in a non-Muslim state. The authors find the act of head covering is not politically motivate... read more
What does the phrase "ubiquitous media" actually mean? Individual definitions are just as varied and ubiquitous as the media to which they refer. As a result, there is to date no large-scale theoretical framework through which we can understand the term. The g... read more
2016 Recipient of the McGuffey Longevity Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association (TAA) Translated into 12 different languages and used in 89 countries, this market-leading text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theo... read more
Kickstarting Your Academic Career is a primer on the common scholastic demands that social sciences students face upon entering college or university. Based on the challenges that instructors most often find students need help with, the authors offer practical... read more
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