{"id":101,"date":"2025-11-26T11:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T16:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2026-08-06T20:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:23:10","slug":"subject-specialists","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/help-research-support\/subject-specialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Connect with a Subject Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Appointments & Services<\/h2>\n

Having trouble researching a topic for a paper or other project? Schedule a 30 or 60 minute individual or group research consultation with a BU librarian via Zoom. To make an appointment with librarians at the\u00a0Medical<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Law<\/a>\u00a0libraries please contact those libraries.<\/p>\n

Schedule an Appointment<\/a><\/p>\n

Subject Specialist Librarians<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/th>\nLibrarian<\/th>\nContact<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
African Studies<\/td>\nAfrican Studies Library Staff<\/td>\nasl@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-3726<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anthropology<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Archaeology<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art History<\/td>\nEva Sclippa<\/td>\nsclippae@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3962<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Astronomy<\/td>\nMary Foppiani<\/td>\nfoppiani@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-9475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Biology<\/td>\nMary Foppiani<\/td>\nfoppiani@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-9475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chemistry<\/td>\nJ.D. Kotula<\/td>\njdkotula@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-6900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classics<\/td>\nEva Sclippa<\/td>\nsclippae@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3962<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Communication<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Computer Science<\/td>\nJ.D. Kotula<\/td>\njdkotula@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-6900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Criminal Justice<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Earth Sciences<\/td>\nJ.D. Kotula<\/td>\njdkotula@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-6900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Economics<\/td>\nBrock Edmunds<\/td>\nedmundsb@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-4311<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Education<\/td>\nDan Benedetti<\/td>\nbenededa@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-3735<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Engineering<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
English & American Literature<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-<\/span>9319<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Environmental Science<\/td>\nJ.D. Kotula<\/td>\njdkotula@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-6900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gastronomy<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Government Documents<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Health & Rehabilitation Sciences<\/td>\nKate Silfen<\/td>\nksilfen@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3965<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
History<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hospitality & Tourism<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Humanities, General<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-<\/span>9319<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
International Relations<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Linguistics<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-<\/span>9319<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Management<\/td>\nPardee Library Staff<\/td>\npardstf@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-4304<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mathematics<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Military Affairs<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-2700<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Newspapers<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Philosophy<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Physics<\/td>\nMary Foppiani<\/td>\nfoppiani@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-9475<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Political Science<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Psychology<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Religion<\/td>\nShatha Baydoun<\/td>\nsbaydoun@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-1224<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romance Studies<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-9319<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Science, General<\/td>\nPaula Carey<\/td>\npac@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-358-3963<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Sciences, General<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Social Work<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a><\/span>
\n617-353-2700<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sociology<\/td>\nBU Libraries Staff<\/td>\nask@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-2700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Theatre<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-<\/span>9319<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
World Languages & Literatures<\/td>\nBarbara Maratos<\/td>\nbkmarato@bu.edu<\/a>
\n617-353-9319<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research Appointments & Services Having trouble researching a topic for a paper or other project? Schedule a 30 or 60 minute individual or group research consultation with a BU librarian via Zoom. To make an appointment with librarians at the\u00a0Medical\u00a0or\u00a0Law\u00a0libraries please contact those libraries. Schedule an Appointment Subject Specialist Librarians Subject Librarian Contact African Studies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1301,"featured_media":0,"parent":25,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1301"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5052,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/101\/revisions\/5052"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}