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EDUCATION

MS: Library & Information Science
University of Kentucky, 2017

MA: Japanese Language & Literature
Washington University in St. Louis, 2015

BA: English (minor in Japan Studies)
University of Kentucky, 2012

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Copyeditor/Proofreader/Indexer
2020–Present

• Reviews and copyedits nonfiction texts for inconsistencies in style, grammar, and punctuation using Microsoft Word or Google Documents.
• Proofreads fiction and nonfiction texts with Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat, marking style inconsistencies and typographical errors.
• Writes back-of-the-book indexes for scholarly and trade nonfiction texts using Cindex software.
• Works with supervising editor to meet production deadlines.
• Proficient in APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard styles, as well as house style guides with various trade and academic presses.

Clark County Public Library
Reference & Outreach Librarian
2017–Present

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Copy Editors Society (ACES)

American Society for Indexing (ASI)

LANGUAGES

English
Japanese