Christopher Geissler has been appointed the Director of the John Hay Library and Special Collections. Christopher will begin this new role effective September 21, 2015.

Christopher has held two previous positions at Brown: first as Project Archivist in the University Archives and more recently as Librarian for American and British Literary and Popular Culture Collections. In addition, Christopher has held positions at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library in Williamstown, MA, and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.

Christopher earned degrees in American Studies at Yale University (B.A., M.A., M.Phil.) and received a Masters in Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.