Name

First Name

Jess

Handle

jess

Team Member Roles

Indexer

Team Member Profile

Introduction

I’m an indexer, editor, and designer specializing in scholarly and non-fiction publishing. I hold a PhD from UC Berkeley (musicology), an Editing Certificate from Queen’s University, and have substantial training in indexing and design through both university coursework and mentorships. I am also the Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Learned Journals, as well as the Managing Editor for the bilingual Canadian Development Studies Journal and  Intersections: Canadian Journal of Music; I also serve on the Board of the Indexing Society of Canada.
I aim to practice trauma-informed editing, indexing, and design and to mobilize conscious style and design justice principles—which means that I listen to your needs, work collaboratively on effective modifications, provide transparency about processes and input, and think critically about how your piece can activate language and layout that empowers.
​Through my experience as an interdisciplinary scholar, I am able to engage deeply I have specialized knowledge of:
• musicology
• ethnomusicology
• music theory
• history
• cultural history
• colonial history
• Indigenous studies
• postcolonial studies
• cultural studies
• anthropology
• literary studies
• peace and conflict studies
• women’s and gender studies

Genres

Graphic Novel, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction: Academic, Nonfiction: Biography, Nonfiction: General, Nonfiction: Religious, Nonfiction: Science/Technical, Nonfiction: Self-Help, Womens Fiction

Age Category

Adult, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens

Ready to talk editing?

What is your publication goal?

No thanks.