Staff

Maryland Traditions Archivist Mark Breeding

Mark Breeding

Maryland Traditions Archivist
410-455-2353
mdtraditions@umbc.edu
he/him/his

Mark Breeding serves as the Maryland Traditions Archivist, processing folklife materials housed at UMBC in collaboration with Maryland Traditions, the Maryland State Arts Council’s traditional arts program. He received his Bachelor’s degree at UMBC in History with a Minor in Africana Studies and a Master’s Degree in Historical Studies with a specialization in Public History at UMBC.

Department areas of interest: Folklife, Maryland History Collections, historical newspapers, Underground Comix.

Susan Graham

Special Collections Librarian
410-455-5825
sgraha1@umbc.edu
she/her/hers

Susan Graham is the Special Collections Librarian at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), where she works with the photography, popular culture, science fiction, rare books, alternative press, radical literature, and digital collections. She also teaches archival, visual, and information literacy in the Special Collections. She holds B.A.s in Visual Arts (concentration in Photography) and Anthropology from UMBC and obtained her MLS in 2007 from the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. During her graduate studies, she worked as a graduate assistant in the conservation lab and in the Preservation Department of the University of Maryland Libraries.

Department areas of interest: Collection management, preservation, photography, fanzines, description

Emily Hauver

Curator of Exhibitions
410-455-2555
emilyh2@umbc.edu
she/her/hers

Emily Hauver is Curator of Exhibitions in the Library Gallery. She holds a MS in Museum Studies from Johns Hopkins University and a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She has curated two exhibitions exploring the paranormal output of Ted Serios: Mind’s Eye: The Psychic Photographs of Ted Serios at The Image Centre at Toronto Metropolitan University in 2023 and Psychic Projections/Photographic Impressions at UMBC’s Library Gallery in 2011. Her writing on Serios appears in Ted Serios: The Mind’s Eye (Atelier Éditions, 2023.) Emily’s other curatorial projects are often situated at the intersection of contemporary photography and important social issues of the day, including Louie Palu: Distant Early Warning (2022) and Tom Kiefer: El Sueño Americano/The American Dream (2019).

Lindsey Loeper

Lindsey Loeper

Reference and Instruction Archivist
410-455-6290
lindseyloeper@umbc.edu
she/her/hers

Lindsey Loeper has served as the department’s Reference and Instruction Archivist since 2019, previously serving as the Special Collections Archivist since 2007. In this role she coordinates the Special Collections reading room, reference and researcher services, instruction and archival literacy, and serves as the primary student supervisor and coordinator for interns and volunteers. Lindsey received a Bachelor’s Degree in American Studies from UMBC and a Master’s Degree in Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park with a specialization in Archives, Records, and Information Management. Lindsey is a Certified Archivist, and a member of the Society of American Archivists and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference.

Department areas of interest: Reference and research, instruction, archival literacy, student assistants and volunteers

Robin Martin

Library Services Specialist
410-455-3075
rmartin5@umbc.edu

Robin Martin has held the position as Special Collections Library Services Specialist at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) since 2017. She has also worked for Special Collections in other part-time capacities since 2008. Robin received a Bachelor’s Degree in Ancient Studies from UMBC, and a Master’s Degree in History with a specialization in Public History, also from UMBC.

Department areas of interest: Serials, Alternative Press Collection, photograph description, space coordinator

Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare

Processing Archivist
410-455-2353
lojoohi1@umbc.edu

Laurainne Ojo-Ohikuare is the Processing Archivist for the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, where she arranges and describes the photographic and manuscript collections. Before UMBC, she was the Athletics Archivist for University of Maryland, College Park and processed collections for the Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). She received her bachelor’s degree from Muhlenberg College in English Literature and Computer Science, a M.S in Information and Library Science and M.A. in Irish Literature from New York University’s dual degree program with Long Island University. She has published on archival processing strategies and is a member of the Society of American Archivist and American Library Association.

Department areas of interest: Archival processing, description, photography, University Archives

Beth Saunders

Curator and Head of Special Collections & Gallery
410-455-3827
bethsaunders@umbc.edu
she/her/hers

Beth Saunders holds a PhD and MPhil in Art History from The CUNY Graduate Center and a BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A specialist in the history of photography, Beth’s writing has appeared in edited volumes, exhibition catalogues, and journals including CAA.Reviews, History of Photography, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Exposure, Photography and Culture, and Rivista di Studi di Fotografia. She is co-author of the exhibition catalogue Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography (The Met, 2019.)

Department areas of interest: Curatorial, campus and community partnerships, acquisitions, donations and collection management, Friends of the Library & Gallery, grant writing, photographs

Annyah St. Louis

Graduate Assistant
410-455-2353
annyahs1@umbc.edu
she/her/hers

Annyah St. Louis is a second-year MA student in the Historical Studies program at UMBC and a Special Collections graduate assistant. Annyah graduated from UMBC in May 2023 with a Bachelor’s Degree in History.

Yoni Issacs

Graduate Assistant
410-455-2353
yisaacs2@umbc.edu
he/him/his

Yoni Isaacs is a first-year MA student in the Historical Studies program at UMBC and a Special Collections graduate assistant. He graduated from UMBC in December 2022 with a BA in history and a minor in practical policy and politics.