Access to the College Green area of campus will be restricted until further notice. Current students, faculty and staff with a valid Penn card may enter and exit Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center through the Rosengarten Undergraduate Study Center on the ground floor, and may enter and exit the Fisher Fine Arts Library through the 34th Street entrance to Meyerson Hall

Network maintenance: On Wednesday, May 15, 7am to 9am, Franklin, Colenda, and other locally-hosted applications will be down for maintenance.

Anna is responsible for collection development for all Chinese-language materials and research support duties for Chinese studies. Together with Rebecca Mendelson, she serves as a liaison to the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Center for East Asian Studies.

Anna’s research interests include Chinese religious history, Daoist studies, and the cultural history of early China. She is a specialist in Chinese divination practices. Prior to working for Penn, Anna was a Research and Instruction librarian at Haverford College. Her experience as a librarian includes a diverse range of collection development and research support in East Asian languages and cultures, religion, philosophy, and the arts.

Anna holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan, an M.L.I.S. from the University of Pittsburgh, an M.A. from the University of Hawai’i in Chinese history, and a B.A. in history from Brooklyn College (City University of New York).

Library
Department
Professional Affiliation
  • Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
  • Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
  • American Academy for Religion.
Areas of Expertise
  • Mongolian studies
  • Chinese studies