Professional background

Jean Middleton

Education and Training

  • Bachelor of Science in Education — Major: English
  • Basic Indexing EDIT360: USDA Graduate School
  • Basic Indexing Skills: Susan Holbert Indexing Services
  • Facing the Text: Content Analysis and Entry Selection in Social Sciences and Humanities (Do Mi Stauber) (workshop sponsored by the Southern California Chapter of the American Society for Indexing (ASI-SoCal))
  • Ask an Indexer: Questions and Answers on Indexing (Victoria Agee) (workshop sponsored by ASI-SoCal)
  • Library science classes, University of Houston Graduate School

Experience

  • Professional back-of-the-book indexer (since 1998)
  • Production proposal editor (25 years)
  • High school English teacher (6 years)

Professional Affiliations

  • American Society for Indexing (ASI)
  • Southern California Chapter of ASI
  • Indexers Unlimited Clearinghouse (IUC)