Heather Dubnick, PhD
MemberHeather Dubnick Publishing, Research, & Editorial S
PO Box 486
Beverly, Massachusetts 01915 USA
Work: (508) 932-6955
Fax: (978) 969-1928

Indexing, editing, and proofreading in English, Spanish, French, and Italian. I am a published author with a PhD in Spanish Literature, an MA in Humanities, and an MLIS with coursework in indexing and abstracting. Journal, back-of-the-book, and genealogy indexing, as well as indexing of scholarly and foreign language texts.
Software expertise and production skills:
Acrobat suite
Copyediting
CUP process
InDesign
Index evaluation and repair
Index Manager
MS Word
Name indexes
Proofreading
SKY
Taxonomy and thesaurus development
Textract
Transcription creation
WordEmbed
Language Specialties:
French
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Subject Specialties:
Animals and animal behavior/training
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Art and Art History
Arts and Crafts
Biography
Classics
Culinary arts
DIY (do-it-yourself)
Education
Fashion and textiles
Film studies
Folklore and fairy tales
Foreign policy and international relations
Gardening and horticulture
Gender studies
Geography
Government and public administration
History
Latin American studies
Law
LGBTQ+ studies
Library and information studies
Linguistics and language studies
Literary criticism
Medicine and health sciences
Middle East studies
Music
Nutrition and diet
Philosophy
Politics and political science
Popular culture
Psychology
Race and ethnic studies
Religion and spirituality
Sociology
Theatre
Veterinary medicine
Wellness and self-help
Type of Materials Specialties:
Archival collections
Bibliographies
Cookbooks
Corporate and business materials
Databases
Encyclopedias and reference tools
Fiction
Genealogies
Guidebooks
Images, photographs, film/video
Journals and periodicals
Legal and government documents
Manuals (software, technical, user, etc.)
Newsletters
Newspapers
Scholarly books
Scriptures
Textbooks and study guides
Thesauri and controlled vocabularies
Topic maps
Trade books
Websites
Updated: June 19, 2025