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Lisa DeBoer writes back-of-the-book indexes for scholarly monographs and textbooks in the humanities and social sciences. Areas of specialization include women’s studies, history, anthropology, sociology, literary criticism, LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) studies, African American/Black studies, race and ethnic studies, musicology, psychology, political science, and library and information science.

Educational background: MA in women’s history at Sarah Lawrence College; MLS in information and library science at Pratt Institute; Indexing: Theory and Application course at UC Berkeley Extension.

Employment history: editorial assistant and indexer at Public Affairs Information Service, Inc. (PAIS), a public policy periodical database, and librarian and archivist at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Brooklyn Collection focused on special collections and digital collections.

Lisa has a working knowledge of German.

For more information, including a list of books indexed, please visit deboerindexing.com.

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Software expertise and production skills:
Acrobat suite
Cindex
Index evaluation and repair

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Language Specialties:
German

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Subject Specialties:
African studies
Anthropology
Film studies
Foreign policy and international relations
Gender studies
History
LGBTQ+ studies
Library and information studies
Literary criticism
Music
Politics and political science
Popular culture
Psychology
Race and ethnic studies
Sociology

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Type of Materials Specialties:
Scholarly books
Textbooks and study guides

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Updated: September 14, 2023