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Meet your personal librarian. Find contact information for each of our 50 subject specialists.
John Pollack
Rare Books and Special Collections
Shannon Robinson
History of Art, Fine Arts, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation
Brian Vivier
Chinese Studies
Mayelin Perez
Literatures in English and Theater Studies
Emily Esten
Judaica Digital Humanities
Girmaye Misgna
Mapping and GIS
Lauren Gala
Math, Physics, and Astronomy
Rebecca Stuhr
Classical Studies, Ancient History, Russian and Eastern European Studies
Aman Kaur
Engineering and Community Health
Matt Trowbridge
Business Research
Nick Okrent
World History, Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, and Philosophy
Liza Vick
Music
Deb Stewart
Anthropology and Archaeology
Melanie Cedrone
Earth and Environmental Science, Biology, Biomedical Reseach, and Medicine
Laurel Graham
Dentistry
Heather Hughes
Middle East
Rebecca Mendelson
Japanese and Korean Studies
Kelly Tuttle
Manuscripts of the Muslim World
Kevin Thomas
Business and Data Analysis
Lauris Olson
African Studies, Communication, Criminology, Political Science, Linguistics, Sociology, and Economics
Nick Herman
Medieval Studies
Bruce Nielsen
Judaica Studies
Richard James
Nursing and Medical Ethics