Subject Librarians

The table below lists the name, office telephone number and e-mail address of the librarian who specializes in service for each subject area. Subject librarians offer research advice to individuals or university classes, and consider requests for purchase of new materials. The subject terms are linked to corresponding lists of electronic resources. Librarians with liaison duties for Multidisciplinary Collections and Residential Colleges are listed at the bottom of the page.

For general questions about the collection, contact Steven Sowards, Associate Director for Collections at (517) 884-6391.

Collection Development Policy Statements

**African Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
African Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@lib.msu.edu
African Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@lib.msu.edu

**Agriculture**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics	Suzanne Teghtmeyer	(517) 884-0894	teghtmey@lib.msu.edu
Agriculture and Forestry	Suzanne Teghtmeyer	(517) 884-0894	teghtmey@lib.msu.edu
Animal Science	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu
Beekeeping	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu
Dairy Science	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu

**Anthropology**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Anthropology	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu

**Architecture**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Architecture	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Human Environment and Design	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Art History**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Art History	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Arts, Performing**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Dance, Theatre, Film Studies	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu

**Arts, Visual**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Film	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
Photography	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Asian Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Asian Studies	Xian Wu	(517) 884-0837	wuxian@lib.msu.edu
Central Asia	Terri Miller	(517) 884-0841	ticklet@msu.edu
South and Southeast Asian Studies	Zoe McLaughlin	(517) 884-0867	mclau197@lib.msu.edu
Western Asia (See Middle Eastern Studies)	Deborah Margolis	(517) 884-0892	deborahm@lib.msu.edu

**Astronomy**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Astronomy	Tom Volkening	(517) 432-1498	volkenin@msu.edu

**Biological Sciences**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Biology: General	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu
Botany	Suzanne Teghtmeyer	(517) 884-0894	teghtmey@lib.msu.edu
Ecology	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu
Gull Lake Library	Melissa Yost	(269) 671-2310	Melissa.Yost@kbs.msu.edu
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Neuroscience	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Pharmacology & Toxicology	Chana Kraus-Friedberg	(517) 884-8462	krausfri@msu.edu
Physiology	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Zoology	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu

**Business**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Accounting	Ben Hall	(517) 432-4182	hallben6@msu.edu
Advertising	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
Career Information	Ben Hall	(517) 432-4182	hallben6@msu.edu
Data Services	Breezy Silver	(517) 432-4181	silverbr@msu.edu
Entrepreneurship	Laura Leavitt Walesby	(517) 355-4647	leavitt9@msu.edu
Finance	Ben Hall	(517) 432-4182	hallben6@msu.edu
Hospitality Business	Breezy Silver	(517) 432-4181	silverbr@msu.edu
Human Resources	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
International Business	Ben Hall	(517) 432-4182	hallben6@msu.edu
Labor Relations	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
Management	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
Marketing	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
MBA Programs	Laura Leavitt Walesby	(517) 355-4647	leavitt9@msu.edu
Small Business	Laura Leavitt Walesby	(517) 355-4647	leavitt9@msu.edu
Supply Chain Management	Breezy Silver	(517) 432-4181	silverbr@msu.edu

**Canadian Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Canadian Studies	Dao Gong	(517) 884-0884	gongd@lib.msu.edu

**Chemistry**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Chemistry	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu

**Classics**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Classical Archaeology	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@msu.edu
Classical Studies	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@msu.edu

**Clothing & Textiles**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Clothing	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Textiles	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Comics**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Comic Art	Randall W. Scott	(517) 884-6474	scottr@msu.edu

**Communication**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Advertising	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
Communication	Sharon Ladenson	(517) 884-0891	ladenson@msu.edu
Communicative Sciences and Disorders	Jessica Shira Sender	(517) 355-8324	jsender@msu.edu
Communications Technology	Sharon Ladenson	(517) 884-0891	ladenson@msu.edu
Journalism	Hui Hua Chua	(517) 884-0856	chua@lib.msu.edu
Telecommunications	Sharon Ladenson	(517) 884-0891	ladenson@msu.edu

**Computers**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Computer Science	Tom Volkening	(517) 432-1498	volkenin@msu.edu

**Criminal Justice**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Criminal Justice	Carin Graves	(517) 884-0854	gravesc@msu.edu

**Digital Humanities**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Digital Humanities	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu

**Economics**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Economics	Breezy Silver	(517) 432-4181	silverbr@lib.msu.edu

**Education**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Counseling	Elizabeth Webster	(517) 884-5929	ewebster@msu.edu
Educational Administration	Elizabeth Webster	(517) 884-5929	ewebster@msu.edu
Educational Psychology	Elizabeth Webster	(517) 884-5929	ewebster@msu.edu
Kinesiology	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Special Education	Elizabeth Webster	(517) 884-5929	ewebster@msu.edu
Teacher Education	Elizabeth Webster	(517) 884-5929	ewebster@msu.edu

**Engineering**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Engineering	Tom Volkening	(517) 432-1498	volkenin@msu.edu

**Environmental Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Environmental Policy	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu
Environmental Science	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu
Environmental Studies	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu
Fisheries and Wildlife	Eric Tans	(517) 884-7808	tans@lib.msu.edu
Landscape Architecture	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu
Park and Recreation Resources	Suzanne Teghtmeyer	(517) 884-0894	teghtmey@lib.msu.edu
Planning & Design	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu

**Ethnic Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
African American Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@msu.edu
Arab American Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@msu.edu
Asian American and Pacific Islander Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@msu.edu
Boricua Studies	Andrea McMillan	(517) 884-3548	salaza27@msu.edu
Chicano Studies (Mexican American)	Andrea McMillan	(517) 884-3548	salaza27@msu.edu
European Americans and Other Immigrant Groups	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@msu.edu
Hispanic (see Boricua, Chicano and/or Latino Studies)	Andrea McMillan	(517) 884-3548	salaza27@msu.edu
Native American Studies	Erik Ponder	(517) 884-0838	ponderer@msu.edu

**European Studies & Russian Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
British History/Studies	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
French Studies	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
Germanic Studies	Grace Haynes	(517) 353-1857	haynesg3@lib.msu.edu
Iberian Studies (Spanish, Portuguese)	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Irish History/Studies	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
Italian Studies	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Modern Greek Studies	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Russian and East European Studies	Terri Miller	(517) 884-0841	ticklet@msu.edu

**Food Science & Nutrition**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Food Science	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu
Nutrition	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu

**Gaming**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Gaming	Jonah Magar	(517) 884-8479	magarjon@msu.edu

**Gender Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Gay and Lesbian Studies	Sharon Ladenson	(517) 884-0891	ladenson@msu.edu
Men's Studies	Leslie Behm	(517) 884-0851	behm@msu.edu
Women's Studies	Sharon Ladenson	(517) 884-0891	ladenson@msu.edu

**Geography**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Geography	Kathleen Weessies	(517) 884-0849	weessie2@msu.edu
Geography	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu
GIS (Geographic Information Science)	Kathleen Weessies	(517) 884-0849	weessie2@msu.edu
GIS (Geographic Information Science)	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu
Maps/Atlases	Kathleen Weessies	(517) 884-0849	weessie2@msu.edu
Maps/Atlases	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@lib.msu.edu

**Geology**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Geology	Kathleen Weessies	(517) 884-0849	weessie2@msu.edu

**Government**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Canadian Government Documents	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu
International Documents	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu
Michigan Government Documents	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu
U.S. Government Documents	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu

**Grants**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Foundations	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Fundraising	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Proposal Writing	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu

**History**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
American (U.S.) History	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
Ancient History	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@msu.edu
British/Irish History	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
French History	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
General History (see also specific regions)	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
Historiography	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
Medieval and Renaissance/Early Modern Studies	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu
Military Science	Steven Sowards	(517) 884-6391	sowards@lib.msu.edu

**Human Resources & Labor Relations**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Human Resources	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu
Labor Relations	Alex Hauser	(517) 884-6679	hauseral@msu.edu

**International Development**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
International Development (see also specific regions)	Xian Wu	(517) 884-0837	wuxian@lib.msu.edu

**Jewish Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Jewish Studies	Deborah Margolis	(517) 884-0892	deborahm@lib.msu.edu

**Latin American & Caribbean Studies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Caribbean Studies	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Latin American Studies	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Law**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Law	Brent Domann	(517) 432-6851	domannbr@law.msu.edu
	Hildur Hanna	(517) 432-6863	hannahi@law.msu.edu
	Daryl Thompson	(517) 432-6957	thomps43@law.msu.edu

**Library Science**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Books & Printing	Ranti Junus	(517) 884-0878	junus@lib.msu.edu
Library Science	Ranti Junus	(517) 884-0878	junus@lib.msu.edu
Museum Studies	Ranti Junus	(517) 884-0878	junus@lib.msu.edu

**Linguistics & Language**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Language and English Language Center	Stephanie C. Perentesis	(517) 884-0836	perente1@msu.edu
Linguistics	Stephanie C. Perentesis	(517) 884-0836	perente1@msu.edu

**Literature**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
American & English Literature	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
Canadian Literature	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu

**Mathematics**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Mathematics	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering (CMSE)	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Statistics	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu

**Medicine**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Biostatistics	Abraham Wheeler	(517) 884-0893	awheeler@msu.edu
Epidemiology	Abraham Wheeler	(517) 884-0893	awheeler@msu.edu
Medicine	Iris Kovar-Gough	(517) 884-0909 (EL) (616) 234-2742 (GR)	iriskg@lib.msu.edu
Medicine	Chana Kraus-Friedberg	(517) 884-8462	krausfri@msu.edu
Osteopathic Medicine	Abraham Wheeler	(517) 884-0893	awheeler@msu.edu

**Middle Eastern Sudies**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Middle Eastern (Western Asia) Studies	Deborah Margolis	(517) 884-0892	deborahm@lib.msu.edu

**Music**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Music	Grace Haynes	(517) 353-1857	haynesg3@lib.msu.edu

**Numeric Data**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Numeric Data	Scout Calvert	(517) 884-8024	calvert4@lib.msu.edu

**Nursing**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Nursing	Jessica Shira Sender	(517) 355-8324	jsender@msu.edu

**Packaging**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Packaging	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu

**Philosophy**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Philosophy	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu

**Physics**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Physics	Tom Volkening	(517) 432-1498	volkenin@msu.edu

**Political Science**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Political Science	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu

**Psychology**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Psychology	Andy Boyles Petersen	(517) 884-0876	andyjp@msu.edu

**Public Health**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Public Health	Abraham Wheeler	(517) 884-0893	awheeler@msu.edu
Public Health	Chana Kraus-Friedberg	(517) 884-8462	krausfri@msu.edu

**Public Policy**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Public Administration	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu
Public Policy	Julia Ezzo	(517) 884-6387	julia@msu.edu

**Religion**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Religious Studies	Agnes Widder	(517) 884-6394	widder@msu.edu

**Sociology**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Human Development & Family Studies	Carin Graves	(517) 884-0854	gravesc@msu.edu
Social Work	Carin Graves	(517) 884-0854	gravesc@msu.edu
Sociology	Carin Graves	(517) 884-0854	gravesc@msu.edu

**Special Collections**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Rare Books and Special Collections	Leslie McRoberts	(517) 884-0821	mcrobe13@msu.edu
Chicanx & Latinx Studies	Andrea McMillan	(517) 884-3548	salaz27@msu.edu
Comic Books and Comic Art	Randy Scott	(517) 884-6474	scottr@msu.edu
Cookery and Foodways	Leslie McRoberts	(517) 884-0821	mcrobe13@msu.edu
Gay and Lesbian Studies	Elisa Landaverde	(517) 884-7668	elandav@msu.edu
Radicalism and Activism	Leslie McRoberts	(517) 884-0821	mcrobe13@msu.edu
Rare Books and Manuscripts	Tad Boehmer	(517) 884-6941	boehmer6@msu.edu
Turfgrass	Andrew Lundeen	(517) 884-1951	alundeen@msu.edu
Zines	Joshua Barton	(517) 884-0826	bartonjp@msu.edu

**Sports & Kinesiology**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Sports & Kinesiology	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu

**Turfgrass**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Turfgrass	Pete Cookingham	(517) 884-1950	cooking1@msu.edu

**Veterinary Medicine**
Discipline	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Veterinary Medicine	Andrea Kepsel	(517) 884-0898	akepsel@msu.edu

Multidisciplinary Collections

Collection	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
Browsing Collection (recent popular fiction and nonfiction)	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Careers (Reference)	Leah Morin	*	morinlea@msu.edu
Financial Aid	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Funding Center	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Grants	Sheila Bryant	(517) 884-0896	bryants@msu.edu
Health Sciences (General)	Susan Kendall	(517) 884-0902	skendall@msu.edu
Humanities (General)	Terrie Wilson	(517) 884-0862	wilso398@msu.edu
Main Library Reference	Rachel Minkin	(517) 884-0874	minkinr@msu.edu
Main Library Reference	Hui Hua Chua	(517) 884-0856	chua@msu.edu
Planning & Design	Amanda Tickner	(517) 884-9432	atickner@msu.edu
Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities (RCPD)	Heidi Schroeder	(517) 884-0899	hschroed@msu.edu
Social Sciences (General)	Kathleen Weessies	(517) 884-0849	weessie2@msu.edu
Sciences (General)	Tom Volkening	(517) 432-1498	volkenin@msu.edu
Travel (Reference)	Hui Hua Chua	(517) 884-0856	chua@msu.edu
University Archives	Staff	(517) 355-2330	archives@msu.edu
Vincent Voice Library	Mike Laney	(517) 884-8983	laneymic@msu.edu
WRAC (Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures)	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu
WRAC (Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures)	Ben Oberdick	(517) 884-0895	ob1@lib.msu.edu

Residential Colleges

College	Librarian	Phone	Email Address
James Madison College	Emilia Marcyk-Taylor	(517) 884-6455	marcyk@msu.edu
Lyman Briggs College	Chana Kraus-Friedberg	(517) 884-8462	krausfri@lib.msu.edu
RCAH (Residential College in the Arts and Humanities)	Michael Rodriguez	(517) 884-6395	rodri171@msu.edu

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