Sally Parker, BSc MA DipM Cert Ed

Location: Beaminster

Membership Grade: Advanced Professional Member

Contact Info

Mobile: 07540 361054
Email: [email protected]

General Experience

I am a full-time professional indexer with over 16 years’ experience working across a wide range of social sciences, humanities, business and management publications.

I am a former FE/HE lecturer in business, management and marketing; my career history also includes ten years as a non-executive director of a  financial services provider, as well as information and consultancy work in the voluntary sector, legal services and planning. I have degrees in Social Sciences and Information Science, as well as professional qualifications in Marketing and Further and Higher Education.

I specialise in academic publications, ranging from textbooks through to advanced research texts. I have completed over 600 commissions for major academic publishers and individual authors, as well as private business and public sector organisations. I value having long-term relationships with clients, and enjoy working as part of a team committed to producing high-quality publications.

 

Subjects

Social Sciences (All Areas)

With both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Social Sciences, I have specialised in this subject area throughout my indexing career. I work across a wide range of subject areas, some of which are detailed below.

Education (All Areas)

With a professional qualification and six years’ experience as a lecturer I am especially interested in education subjects, ranging from the early years right through to higher education and lifelong learning.
Indexes include:
Educating the Developing Mind: A Developmental Theory of Instruction, Andreas et al, Routledge 2024
Higher Education Administration for Social Justice and Equality, Kezar and Posselts (eds), Routledge 2020
Making Inclusive Higher Education a Reality, Kelly et al (eds), Routledge 2023
Metacognition and Education, Larkin (ed), Routledge 2024

-Government and Politics

I cover a wide range of government and politics subjects, both UK and international. Examples include:
American Government, Jillson, 12th edition, Routledge 2023
Westminster and the World, Bulmer, Routledge 2023

-Business, Finance and Management

I have extensive practical and academic business experience and have indexed a wide range of business publications, including textbooks. Recent examples include:
The Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organizations, MacKie (ed), Routledge 2024
Authentic Excellence for Organizations, Crace, Hardy and Crace, Routledge 2023
Business Morphology: How to Navigate Through Change, Nerney and Robins, Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2023

Advertising and Marketing

With a postgraduate professional qualification in Marketing, practical experience of marketing in both business and voluntary sector environments and 6 years as an FE/HE Marketing lecturer, I have wealth of experience in this subject area.

Marketing indexes include:
Marketing Management: A Cultural Perspective, Penaloza et al (eds), Routledge 2012
Hospitality Marketing, Bowie et al (eds), 3rd edition, Routledge 2017
Global Marketing, Gillespie and Hennessey, 4th edition, Routledge 2016
Global Issues in Pharmaceutical Marketing, Katsanis, Routledge 2016

History (All Areas)

I studied history as part of my BSc degree and have always had a strong personal interest in the subject. I am especially interested in economic and social history, industrial history and modern/international history. Some of the indexes I have compiled are:
World Past to World Present: A Sketch of Global History, Stearns, Routledge 2022
The Battle for Britain, Clarke, Bristol University Press, 2023
The Reinvention of Britain 1960-2016, Newton, Routledge 2018

Social Policy

Numerous social policy titles indexed throughout my career: recent examples include:
Understanding Public Services, Sarter and Bailey (eds), Policy Press 2023
Child Policy: Aspiring to Survive, Treaner, Policy Press 2020
Hunger Pains, Garthwaite, Policy Press 2016

Sociology

I have indexed numerous titles on sociology and social theory – recent examples include:
Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, Delaney, 2nd edition, Routledge 2024
Public Sociology as Educational Practice, Scandrett (ed), Bristol University Press 2020

Crime and Criminology

I have experience of working on both UK and international titles, including:
World Criminal Justice Systems, Terrill, 10th edition, Routledge 2024
Crime and Investigative Reporting in the UK, Colbran, Policy Pres 2022
The Routledge Companion to Criminological Theory and Concepts, Brisman (ed), Routledge 2017

Charities/Voluntary Sector

I have voluntary sector experience in both a paid and voluntary capacity, and have indexed a number of academic and practical books on the subject, including:
COVID-19 and the Voluntary and Community Sector in the UK, Rees et al (eds), Policy Press 2022
Nonprofit Organizations: Theory, Management, Policy, Anheier and Toepler, 3rd edition, Routledge 2023
Researching Voluntary Action, Dean and Hogg (eds), Policy Press 2022

Disability Issues

With both a social sciences background and lived experience of disability and neurodiversity, this is a subject area that I especially value working on. Recent indexes include:
Autistic States in Children, Tustin, Routledge 2021
Cultural Disability Studies in Education, Bolt, Routledge 2018
Lived Experience of Ableism in Academia, Brown (ed.), Policy Press 2021

Gender Studies

Reproduction and the Constitution in the United States, Ziegler, Routledge 2022
The Gendered Face of Covid-19 in the Global South, Grugel et al, Bristol University Press 2022
Feminist Philosophy, Mason, Routledge 2022

Equality

Uncomfortably Off, Gonzales Hernando and Mitchell, Policy Press 2023
Highly Discriminating, Ashley, Bristol University Press 2022

LGBT Studies

The 2016 Presidential Election and the LGBT Community, Lannutti and Paz Galupo (eds), Routledge 2019
Investigating Transgender and Gender Expansive Education Research, Policy and Practice, Martino and Cumming-Potrin (eds), Routledge 2020

Urban Development

Using my professional experience in planning information, I have indexed numerous academic titles on urban development and related issues.
Recent examples include:
Estate Development and Its Discontents, Watt, Policy Press 2021
Cities in Search of Freedom, Mocca, Bristol University Press 2023
City Regions and Devolution in the UK, Beel et al, Policy Press 2021

Housing

Bringing Home the Housing Crisis, Nowicka, Policy Press 2023


Other skills

Proofreading
Qualified and experienced proofreader, specialising in non-fiction and academic publications across the social sciences, business and management.

Recent indexes include

MacKie, D., The Handbook of Climate Change Leadership in Organizations, Routledge, 2024
Jillson, C., American Government (12th edition), Routledge, 2023
Delaney, T., Classical and Contemporary Social Theory (2nd edition), Routledge, 2024
Gonzales Hernando, M and Mitchell, G., Uncomfortably Off, Policy Press , 2023

Clients Include

Informa/Taylor and Francis/Routledge
Bristol University Press/ Policy Press
Practical Inspiration Publishing

Special Publication Type

Tools

Desktop PC, laptop
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