In addition to providing materials and services that support education and research across the breadth of Brown’s campus and beyond, the Library is also a site for scholarship in its own right. Faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduates are directly affiliated with the Library in a variety of roles. They work collaboratively with Library experts on academic projects and programs using the Library’s distinctive resources, capabilities, and expertise to advance academic and public knowledge on topics of importance.
Scholars in the Library
Undergraduate StudentsGraduate StudentsPostdoctoral FellowsFacultyVisiting Scholars
Madeline Canfield
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Daniel G. Siegel Fellow
Department: English/Judaic Studies
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Jazz Carlson
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection Fellow
Department: History
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Sunny Choi
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Department: Comp Lit/History
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Elon Collins
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Racial Justice Fellow
Department: GNSS
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Aalia Jagwani
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Department: English/Literary Arts
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Audrey Wijono
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
CLEAR Primary Source Research Fellow
Department: History
Affiliation Period:
Summer 2023
Anna Lee
Fellow
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Department: Science, Technology, and Society
Affiliation Period:
June 6–July 29, 2022
Anna-Kate Lembke
Fellow
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow: Brown University History fellowship
Department: English and Africana Studies
Affiliation Period:
June 6–July 29, 2022
Nia Sampson
Fellow
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow: Daniel G. Siegel '57 fellowship
Department: Literary Arts and Africana Studies
Affiliation Period:
June 6–July 29, 2022
Grace Xiao
Fellow
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow: Racial Justice fellowship
Department: History of Art and Architecture
Affiliation Period:
June 6–July 29, 2022
Angela Sha
UTRA
Research on East Asian Collections
Department: Library
Affiliation Period:
Fall 2023
Zihan Zhang
UTRA
Research on East Asian Collections
Department: Library
Affiliation Period:
Fall 2023
Qijia HuangChen
UTRA
Research on East Asian Collections
Department: Library
Affiliation Period:
Fall 2023
Assad Assad
Fellow
Undergraduate Research Assistant to the Curator of Medieval Manuscripts and Early Printed Books
Department: Integrative Studies
Affiliation Period:
Fall 2023–Spring 2024
Isabelle Centolla
Fellow
John Hay Library Undergraduate Fellow
Department: Ethnic Studies
Affiliation Period:
June 6–July 29, 2022
Luca Battioni
Graduate Student
Digital Humanities Proctor
Department: Italian Studies
Affiliation Period:
Sep. 1–Dec. 31, 2022
Sophia Boracci
Fellow
Hay Library Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
Department: American Studies
Affiliation Period:
June 20–Sep. 1, 2022
Meghan "Mac" Carley
Graduate Student
NEH Institute Proctor
Department: Classics
Affiliation Period:
June 1–Aug. 1, 2022
Julia Hurley
Graduate Student
Interdisciplinary Opportunities Fellow
Affiliation Period:
July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022
Olivia Lafferty
Proctor
Digital Publications Proctor, Center for Digital Scholarship
Department: English
Affiliation Period:
Fall 2023–Spring 2024
Melody Chapin
Proctor
Music Library Sound Recordings Proctor
Department: Music
Affiliation Period:
Spring 2023
Sophie Abramowitz
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department: Department of American Studies & Center for Digital Scholarship
Affiliation Period:
July 15, 2020–July 15, 2022
Geronimo Barrera
Postdoctoral Fellow
ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow for Native American and Indigenous Collections
Department: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Affiliation Period:
AY 2022-23 and 2023-24
Cosette Bruhns Alonso
Postdoc
Diversity in Digital Publishing Research Associate at Brown
Department: Italian Studies
Affiliation Period:
July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022
Warren Harding
Postdoc
Diversity in Digital Publishing Research Associate at Brown
Department: Africana Studies
Affiliation Period:
July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022
Linford D. Fisher
Faculty Scholar
Associate Professor of History, Interim Faculty Director, Center for Digital Scholarship
Department: History Department
Affiliation Period:
AY-2025-26
Renée Ater
Faculty - Visiting Associate Professor of Africana Studies
Provost's Visiting Professor
Department: Africana Studies
Affiliation Period: Ongoing
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Zhuqing Li
Faculty - Visiting Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
Faculty Curator, East Asian Studies
Department: East Asian Studies
Affiliation Period: Ongoing
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Steven Lubar
Faculty - Professor of American Studies, Professor of History
Faculty Director, Center for Digital Scholarship
Department: American Studies
Affiliation Period: Ongoing
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Tara Nummedal
Faculty - John Nickoll Provost's Professor of History, Professor of Italian Studies
Faculty Director, Center for Digital Scholarship
Department: History, Italian Studies
Affiliation Period:
AY 2023-24–AY 2025-26
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Donald J. Waters
Visiting Scholar
Library Research Fellow
Affiliation Period:
Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2023
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Riley Chirrick
Visiting Scholar - John Hay Library
S.T. Joshi Endowed Research Fellowship in H.P. Lovecraft
Affiliation Period:
April 4–May 2022
Li Yan
Visiting Scholar
CLEAR Primary Source Research Fellow
Affiliation Period:
Spring 2025