Indexer Locator

I craft thoughtful, high-quality, user-friendly indexes for scholarly work across the humanities and qualitative social sciences. I combine my decades in academia with my indexing experience to craft highly usable indexes.

I create standard back-of-book indexes as well as Cambridge University Press embedded indexes and OUP paragraph ID-based indexes

I index scholarly books in gender studies, anthropology and foodways; archaeology; political science; international relations; African, Latin American, and US history; ancient near eastern history, religion, and archeology; communication and media studies; library and information sciences; American studies, Black history, ethnic studies, education, and comparative religion. I specialize in interdisciplinary works–particularly the intersections of these subjects. (A list of books indexed is available at rudyleon.com/documents)

I am also an experienced cookbook indexer, and particularly enjoy working with vegan/vegetarian/WFPB cookbooks and international cookbooks.

My indexing expertise comes not only from my UC Berkeley training course and years of experience, but also from my 15 year career as a research librarian. I craft indexes based on knowing how both skilled specialists and interested learners search for content.

In addition to indexing, I provide developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and coaching services for scholarly authors in the areas listed above.

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Software expertise and production skills:
Copyediting
CUP process
DexEmbed
MS Word
SKY

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Subject Specialties:
African studies
Anthropology
Archaeology
Culinary arts
Environmental sciences
Film studies
Folklore and fairy tales
Gender studies
Government and public administration
History
Latin American studies
LGBTQ+ studies
Library and information studies
Middle East studies
Politics and political science
Popular culture
Race and ethnic studies
Religion and spirituality
Sociology
Sports and recreation
Travel

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Type of Materials Specialties:
Bibliographies
Cookbooks
Guidebooks
Journals and periodicals
Scholarly books
Trade books

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Updated: October 23, 2025