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LINDA L. MAMASSIAN
Freelance Indexer and Copyeditor














PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

I have been a full-time freelance indexer and copyeditor since May 2000. I provide high-quality back-of-book, embedded, and database indexes as well as copyediting services. Topics include, but are not limited to science (chemistry, biology, and earth, environmental, and space sciences), health and medicine, and technology.













 













PARTIAL LIST OF BOOKS INDEXED
  • 21st Century Astronomy, 5th edition. Laura Kay and Stacy Palen, 2016.
  • Advances in Controlled Drug Delivery: Science, Technology, and Products. Steven M. Dinh, Puchun Liu, and Punchun Liu, Eds., 2003.
  • Advancing Electoral Integrity. Pippa Norris, Richard W. Frank, and Ferran Martinez i Coma, Ferran, Eds., 2014.
  • Anatomy and Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing. 3rd edition. J. A. Seikel, D. W. King, and D. G. Drumright, 2005.
  • Archaeological Chemistry: Materials, Methods, and Meaning (ACS Symposium Series, 831). Kathryn A. Jakes, Ed., 2002.
  • Arthritis (Johns Hopkins White Papers). John Flynn and Carl A. Johnson, 2008, 2010, and 2012.
  • Astronomy: At Play in the Cosmos. Adam Frank, 2016.
  • At Loggerheads?: Agricultural Expansion, Poverty Reduction, and Environment in the Tropical Forests. K. M. Chomitz, P. Buys, G. De Luca, T. S. Thomas, and S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff, 2006.
  • Back Pain and Osteoporosis (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Lee H. Riley III and Suzanne M. Jan de Beur, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  • Back Pain and Osteoporosis (Scientific American White Papers). Lee H. Riley III and Suzanne M. Jan de Beur, 2016.
  • The Beauty Trade: Youth, Gender, and Fashion Globalization. Angela B. McCracken, 2014.
  • Biogeochemistry of Chelating Agents. Bernd Nowack and Jeanne M. VanBriesen, Eds., 2005.
  • Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements. Yong Cai and O. C. Braids, Eds., 2002.
  • Biology Now. Anne Houtman and Megan Scudellari, Cindy Malone, Anu Singh-Cundy, 2015.
  • Calculations in Chemistry: An Introduction. Donald J. Dahm and Eric A. Nelson, 2012.
  • Challenges in Taste Chemistry and Biology. Thomas R. Gilbert, Rein V. Kirss, and Natalie Foster, 2013.
  • ChemConnections Activity Workbook. Sharon Anthony, Kevin l. Braun, and Heather Mernitz, 2012.
  • Chemistry: An Atoms-Focused Approach. Thomas R. Gilbert, Rein V. Kirss, and Natalie Foster, 2013.
  • Chemistry, Flavor, and Texture of Lipid-Containing Foods. Fereidoon Shahidi and Hugo Weenen, Eds., 2005.
  • Chemistry: The Science in Context, 3rd edition. Thomas R. Gilbert, Rein V. Kirss, Natalie Foster, and Geoffrey Davies, 2011.
  • Chemistry: The Science in Context, 4th edition. Thomas R. Gilbert, Rein V. Kirss, Natalie Foster, and Geoffrey Davies, 2014.
  • Children of Methamphetamine-Involved Families: The Case of Rural Illinois. Wendy Haight, Teresa Ostler, James Black, and Linda Kingery. 2008
  • Chronic Venous Insufficiency. Mark G. Davies and Alan B. Lumsden, Eds., 2011.
  • Claytie: The Roller-Coaster Life of a Texas Wildcatter. Mike Cochran, 2007.
  • Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine (Headache Cooperative of New England). M. Levin, 2008.
  • Computer Science Education Research. Sally Fincher and Marian Petre, Eds., 2004.
  • Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 2, Ashyia N. Henderson, Ed., 2002.
  • Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 3, Ashyia N. Henderson, Ed., 2003.
  • Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Vol. 4, Ralph G. Zerbonia and Ashyia N. Henderson, Eds., 2003.
  • Coronary Heart Disease: Johns Hopkins White Papers, 2010 and 2014.
  • Crop Biotechnology. K. Rajasekaran, T. J. Jacks, and John W. Finley, Eds., 2002.
  • Deaf Cognition: Foundations and Outcomes (Perspectives on Deafness). Marc Marschark and Peter C. Hauser, Eds., 2008.
  • Depression and Anxiety (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Karen L. Swartz, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015.
  • Depression and Anxiety (Scientific American White Papers). Sagar V. Parikh, 2015.
  • Diabetes (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Christopher D. Saudek and Simeon Margolis, 2009.
  • Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television, Marja Mogk, 2013.
  • Diagnostic Pathology: Infectious Diseases. D. Milner, 2015.
  • Digestive Disorders (Johns Hopkins White Papers). H. Franklin Herlong, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014.
  • Digestive Disorders (Scientific American White Papers). Ellen Meredith Stein, 2016.
  • Drawing Basics, 2nd edition. Jacklyn B. St. Aubyn, 2006.
  • Drugs and Controlled Substances Information for Students. Stacey L. Blachford and Kristine Krapp, Eds., 2002.
  • Drugs and Dysphagia: How Medications Can Affect Eating and Swallowing. Lynette L. Carl and Peter R. Johnson, 2005.
  • Effective Practices for Children with Autism: Educational and Behavior Support Interventions that Work. James K. Luiselli, Dennis C. Russo, Walter P. Christian, and Susan M. Wilczynski, 2008.
  • Encyclopedia of Products & Industries: Manufacturing. Patricia J. Bungert, 2007.
  • Environmental Fate and Effects of Pesticides. Joel R. Coats and Hiroki Yamamoto, Eds., 2003.
  • The Essentials of Economics. Dirk Mateer, Lee Coppock, and Brian O'Roark, 2015.
  • The Essentials of Technical Communication. Elizabeth Tebeaux, 2009.
  • The Ethics of Care: Personal, Political, and Global. Virginia Held, 2005.
  • The Ethics of Immigration. Joseph Carens, 2013.
  • Evolution. Carl T. Bergstrom and Lee Alan Dugatkin, 2011.
  • Evolution, 2nd edition. Carl T. Bergstrom and Lee Alan Dugatkin, 2016.
  • Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation. Alan S. Gerber and Donald P. Green, 2012.
  • Food Factors for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. Fereidoon Shahidi, Chi-Tang Ho, and Toshihiko Osawa, Eds., 2003.
  • Food Lipids: Chemistry, Flavor, and Texture. Fereidoon Shahidi and Hugo Weenen, Eds., 2005.
  • Fundamentals of Comparative Cognition. Sara J. Shettleworth, 2012.
  • Fundamentals of Sectional Anatomy: An Imaging Approach. Denise L. Lazo, 2004.
  • Glycomimetics: Modern Synthetic Methodologies. René Roy, Ed., 2005.
  • Governments of the World: A Global Guide to Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities. 2nd edition. C. Neal Tate, Ed., 2006.
  • Heart Attack Prevention (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Roger S. Blumenthal, 2016.
  • Heart Attack Prevention (Scientific American White Papers). Roger S. Blumenthal and Simeon Margolis, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  • Hemicelluloses: Science and Technology. Paul Gatenholm and Maija Tenkanen, Eds., 2003.
  • Hypertension and Stroke (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Lawrence Appel and M.S. Rafael LLinas, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015.
  • Hypertension and Stroke (Scientific American White Papers). Roger S. Blumenthal and M.S. Rafael LLinas, 2016
  • Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections (Series in Political Psychology). Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Erik Page Bucy, 2009.
  • Intimate Partner Violence: A Health-Based Perspective. Connie Mitchell, 2009.
  • Introduction to Marine Biology, 2nd edition. George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2005.
  • Irradiation of Food and Packaging: Recent Developments. Vanee Komolprasert and Kim M. Morehouse, Eds., 2004.
  • Island Biogeography of the Sea of Cortez. Ted J. Case, Martin L. Cody, Exequiel Ezcurra, Eds., 2002.
  • Jonathan Swift: In the Company of Women. Louise Barnett, 2006.
  • Kaplan PCAT 2014-2015 Strategies, Practice, and Review. Kaplan Publishing, 2014.
  • Kaplan MCAT Biochemistry Review: Created for MCAT 2015. Kaplan Publishing, 2014.
  • Laboratory Evaluations for Integrative and Functional Medicine, 2nd edition. Richard S. Lord and J. Alexander Bralley, 2008.
  • Lung Disorders (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Peter B. Terry, 2008 and 2009.
  • Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry. Jonathan L. Sessler, Susan R. Doctrow, Thomas J. McMurry, and Stephen J. Lippard, Eds., 2005.
  • Memory (Johns Hopkins White Papers). 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
  • Meteorites and the Early Solar System II. Dante S. Lauretta and Harry Y. McSween, Jr., Eds., 2006.
  • Microreactor Technology and Process Intensification. Yong Wang, Jamelyn D. Holladay, and Jamie Holladay, Eds., 2005.
  • Microbiology: An Evolving Science, 2nd edition. Joan L. Slonczewski and John W. Foster, 2010.
  • Microbiology: The Human Experience. John W. Foster, Zarrintaj Aliabadi, Joan L. Slonczewski, (Preliminary Edition) 2015.
  • Modern Hindu Personalism: The History, Life, and Thought of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. Ferdinando Sardella, 2012.
  • Modern Japan: A History in Documents (Pages from History). James L. Huffman, 2010.
  • The Modern Prison Paradox: Politics, Punishment, and Social Community. Amy E. Lerman, 2013.
  • Mulliken and Young's Vascular Anomalies: Hemangiomas and Malformations, 2nd edition. John B. Mulliken, Steven J. Fishman, and Patricia E. Burrows, eds., 2013.
  • My Way: Essays on Moral Responsibility. John Martin Fischer., 2006.
  • The Neurobiology of Autism, 2nd edition. Margaret L. Bauman and Thomas L. Kemper, 2004.
  • New Evangelical Social Engagement. Brian Steensland and Philip Goff, eds., 2014.
  • NMR Spectroscopy and Modeling of Carbohydrates. Johannes F. G. Vliegenthart and Robert J. Woods, Eds., 2006.
  • Nutrition and Weight Control (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Lawrence Cheskin, Carmen Roberts, and Simeon Margolis, 2008, 2012.
  • On Writing Short Stories, 2nd edition. Tom Bailey, Ed., 2010.
  • Oriental Foods and Herbs: Chemistry and Health Benefits. Jen-Kun Lin and Quin Yi Zheng, Eds., 2003.
  • Organic Chemistry, 4th edition. Maitland Jones, Jr., and Steven A. Fleming, 2009.
  • Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms. Joel Karty, 2014.
  • Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More. Derek Bok, 2006.
  • The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and Politics. Gerald Benjamin, 2012.
  • Particle Physics: A Comprehensive Introduction. Abraham Seiden, 2004.
  • The Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease. Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson, and Charles B. Smith, 2008.
  • PDR Nurse's Drug Handbook (electronic ed.), George R. Spratto and Adrienne L. Woods, 2007.
  • Plates, Plumes, and Paradigms. Gillian R. Foulger, James H. Natland , Dean C. Presnall, and Don L. Anderson, Eds., 2005.
  • Plates, Plumes, and Planetary Processes: Geological Society of America Special Paper. Gillian R. Foulger and Donna M. Jurdy, Eds., 2007.
  • Prescription Drugs (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Brent G. Petty, 2010.
  • Prostate Disorders (Johns Hopkins White Papers). H. Ballentine Carter, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  • Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of the Grenville Orogen in North America. Richard P. Tollo, Ed., 2004.
  • Protoplanetary Dust: Astrophysical and Cosmochemical Perspectives (Cambridge Planetary Science). Daniel Apai and Dante S. Lauretta, Eds., 2010.
  • Realpolitik: A History. John Bew, 2015.
  • Reconstructing Human Origins: A Modern Synthesis, 3rd edition. Glenn C. Conroy and Herman Pontzer, 2012.
  • Roald Hoffmann on the Philosophy, Art, and Science of Chemistry. Jeffrey Kovac and Michael Weisberg, Eds., 2012.
  • So You Want to Be a Scientist? Philip A. Schwartzkroin, 2009.
  • Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification. John T. Jost, Aaron C. Kay, and Hulda Thorisdottir, 2009.
  • Social Psychology, 3rd edition. Tom Gilovich, Dacher Keltner, Serena Chen, and Richard E. Nisbett, 2012.
  • Song of the Heron: Reflections on the History of West Bloomfield. Charles Martinez, 2004.
  • State and Local Government and Politics: Sustainability in the 21st Century. Christopher A. Simon, Brent S. Steel, and Nicholas P. Lovrich, 2010.
  • Studying Programming. Sally Fincher, 2006.
  • Subsidies to Chinese Industry: State Capitalism, Business Strategy, and Trade Policy. Usha C. V. Haley and George T. Haley, 2013.
  • UXL Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders. Rebecca J. Frey, Ed., 2009.
  • Vision (Johns Hopkins White Papers). Susan B. Bressler, Harry A. Quigley, and Oliver D. Schein, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
  • Vision (Scientific American White Papers). Colin A. McCannel, 2016.
  • Water Quality Assessments in the Mississippi Delta: Regional Solutions, National Scope. Mary T. Nett, Martin A. Locke, and Dean A. Pennington, Eds., 2004.
  • What's Good for Business: Business and American Politics since World War II. Kim Phillips-Fein and Julian E. Zelizer, Eds., 2012.

Information about recent database indexing projects is available on request.
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
  • Chemistry Teacher
    • Brother Rice High School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Computer Literacy Teacher
    • Shrine Academy, Royal Oak, MI
    • St. Bede Catholic School, Southfield, MI










































LABORATORY EXPERIENCE
  • Stroh Brewery Co., Detroit, MI 
    • Analytical chemist in Corporate Brewing Laboratory
  • Chatham Supermarkets, Inc., Warren, MI 
    • Quality control chemist and microbiologist
  • Difco Laboratories, Inc. Detroit, MI 
    • Quality control technician
  • Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 
    • Food science technician










               














 












EDUCATION
  • USDA Basic Indexing class
  • University of Michigan-Dearborn
    • Secondary certification program
  • Michigan State University
    • B.S. in Biochemistry

























 












ORGANIZATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
  • American Society for Indexing.
  • Science and Medicine Special Interest Group of the American Society of Indexers, member and Webmaster.
  • Great Lakes Chapter of American Society of Indexers.
























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