Indexer Locator

I hold a PhD in film and media history from Northwestern University and work as an independent indexer, researcher, and educator in Los Angeles. My practice is informed by:
(1) formal training through ASI
(2) examination of hundreds of indexes over the course of a 20-year scholarly career
(3) observations about how novice readers approach indexes while mentoring students research projects.

I am actively engaged in educating myself about anti-racist and anti-transphobic indexing practices, and invite dialogue on this subject with authors and fellow indexers.

Visit bethcorzoduchardt.com/ for a list of recent projects and more information about the range of services I provide, including archival research, copyright licensing, and editing.

Additional* Subject Specialties:
Film, Television, and New Media Studies
Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Transgender Studies
Critical Race Theory
Post-Colonial Studies
Digital Humanities
Intersectional Feminism
African American Studies
Black Studies
New Historicism
New Materialism
Media Archeology
Critical Library, Archive, and Information Studies
Visual Culture
Postmodern Theory
Marxist Theory
Semiotics
Prison Abolition
Ethnic Studies
Out of Home (OOH) Advertising History and Industry
History of Consumer Culture
Media Infrastructure Studies
LGBTQIA Studies

*These terms are intentionally redundant variations on each other and the terms you see listed below (the latter derive from ASI’s controlled vocabulary of subject specialities, which I find somewhat limiting).

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Software expertise and production skills:
Acrobat suite
Cindex
Copyediting
InDesign
MS Word
Name indexes
Proofreading
Textract

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Subject Specialties:
Accessibility/universal design
African studies
Aging, gerontology, and geriatrics
Animals and animal behavior/training
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Art and Art History
Arts and Crafts
Asian studies
Biography
Business and commerce
Children, child development, and pediatrics
Classics
Culinary arts
Dance
DIY (do-it-yourself)
Education
Economics
Fashion and textiles
Film studies
Folklore and fairy tales
Foreign policy and international relations
Gender studies
Geography
Government and public administration
History
Latin American studies
Law
LGBTQ+ studies
Library and information studies
Linguistics and language studies
Literary criticism
Middle East studies
Music
Philosophy
Politics and political science
Popular culture
Psychology
Race and ethnic studies
Records management
Religion and spirituality
Sociology
Sports and recreation
Theatre
Transportation
Travel
Wellness and self-help

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Type of Materials Specialties:
Archival collections
Bibliographies
Catalogs and directories
Cookbooks
Databases
Encyclopedias and reference tools
Fiction
Genealogies
Images, photographs, film/video
Journals and periodicals
Newsletters
Newspapers
Scholarly books
Textbooks and study guides
Thesauri and controlled vocabularies
Trade books

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Updated: May 12, 2024