Joanna Luke, PhD

Location: HERTFORD

Membership Grade: Professional Member

Contact Info

Phone: 01992 535665
Mobile: 07800 803001
Email: [email protected]

General Experience

I feel incredibly lucky to have found the perfect job for me, working on texts in all manner of interesting subjects. I work mainly with editors and publishers directly, but I particularly enjoy helping authors complete their vision – it’s a great pleasure to be part of the final process before their work is finally published. It’s lovely too when those authors return with their next book!

I specialise in the Humanities – mainly history and biography, but a lot of books on education, environmental matters and film studies too. I have also worked on many texts relating to east Asia.

I don’t take on work that I’m not comfortable with producing – I want repeat business, which means producing quality indexes on time. I’m available all year round, and have never missed a deadline.  Due to the forensic nature of the reading required to  compile an index, it’s rare for a list of (non-minor) typos to not be submitted to clients.

 

Subjects

History (All Areas)

I’ve indexed many history books, from ancient history to the twentieth century. Mainly Western, but also East and West Asian.

I’m a member of the local oral history group, and have enjoyed indexing many local history texts from other parts of the country.

Cinema and Film

I have indexed many film studies texts. Although some of these have been focussed on the Western tradition, others have looked at east Asian and African cinema.

Archaeology

My PhD was in Classical Archaeology, so I am very comfortable indexing archaeological texts.

Accountancy

I trained as a tax accountant (ACA), and have indexed a number of books in the areas of business, accounting and economics.

Early Years/Primary Education

Quite by chance, I indexed a few books on early years learning at the beginning of my indexing career, and have continued to do so ever since. I am familiar with the concepts and terminology.

Environmental Science

I have worked on plenty of environmental texts, mainly focused on the developing world.

Psychiatry/Psychology

A strong amateur interest in psychology has been enhanced by a number of texts in this area, particularly in psychotherapy.

Higher Education

I’ve indexed texts relating both to the UK and the US systems of higher education.

Ancient History

I have a degree and PhD in Classics, and still follow recent developments in the study of the Classical world.

Classical Studies

I have a degree and PhD in Classics, and still follow recent developments in the study of the Classical world.

Genealogy/Family History

I’m a member of the local oral history group, and have enjoyed indexing many local and family history texts from other parts of the country.

Local History

I’m a member of the local oral history group, and have enjoyed indexing many local and family history texts from other parts of the country.

Latin

With a degree in Classics, I can read/index in Latin, and can design and build an Index Locorum where necessary

Archaeology

I have a degree in Classics and a PhD in Classical Archaeology (Early Iron Age Greece), and follow recent developments in the study of the Classical world.

Related qualifications


Recent indexes include

Shaw and Goodman, Hollywood and Israel: A History, Columbia University Press, 2022
Gibb, A Time and a Place: George Crabbe, Aldeburgh and Suffolk, The Lutterworth Press, 2022
Serafim, Religious Discourse in Attic Oratory and Politics, Routledge, 2020
Lygo, The Emperors of Byzantium, Thames & Hudson, 2022
Spadaro and Yeaw, Women in the Modern History of Libya: Exploring Transnational Trajectories, Routledge, 2021
Chapman, A Tyneside Heritage, The History Press, 2021
The Thames Sailing Barge Trust, PUDGE…A Survivor. The Story of the Thames Sailing Barge Pudge 1922 – 2022, Chaffcutter Books, 2022
Conner, James Montgomery: Abolitionist Warrior, Casemate, 2022

Clients Include

University of Hertfordshire Press
Casemate
Amsterdam University Press
Chaffcutter Books
The History Press
Thames & Hudson
Lutterworth Press
Columbia University Press
Taylor and Francis/Routledge
Grosvenor House Publishing

Tools

PC
SKY INDEX