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First Year Librarians

We are here to make your library life easier!

Find the Librarian working with your FYS Course - Fall 2025

Your First Year Library Advisor is your direct link to the Oberlin College Libraries, a go-to person for all things library-related. First-year students are matched with a librarian, usually based on their chosen FYSP course. 

Your First Year Librarian can:

  • Help you get started on a research project and find information for your assignments
  • Help you locate books, articles, and other library materials
  • Keep you informed with timely emails containing research tips and useful library information
  • Connect you with the right person or department in the library or on campus
  • Answer questions about library policies, locations, and services

Librarians: 

Course # Course Name Library Instructor
FYSP 002 Neuroscience and Pop Culture Johnson
FYSP 006 Power, Politics, and Pastries Johnson
FYSP 008 On Time Wimsatt
FYSP 010 Supply Chains Sullivan
FYSP 022 What's For Dinner? The Science of Healthy Eating Johnson
FYSP 026 The Anthropocene: Human Actions, Global Consequence Johnson
FYSP 032 Moneyballs (and pucks): Sports Economics Sullivan
FYSP 033 White Coat Wonders: Examining the Medical Profession Baugess
FYSP 035 Reel vs. Real: Decoding Media Representations of the Arab World Avila
FYSP 036 Laughter in Literature and Politics From Antiquity to the Renaissance (and Today) Wimsatt
FYSP 041 Emergence and Unification of Knowledge Johnson
FYSP 042 The River Nile: Power, Capital & Revolution in Egypt Sullivan
FYSP 044 Objects and Apparitions: Poetry as Fiction and Fact Wimsatt
FYSP 046 Music on the Stage from Mozart to Musicals Mitchell
FYSP 048 Cultured Human Cells in Research and Medicine: A Scientific and Philisophical Perspective Johnson
FYSP 058 African Politics and Society Through Literature Avila
FYSP 068 Minds, Machines, and God Wimsatt
FYSP 069 Astrobiology: The Scientific Search for Extraterrestrial Life Johnson
FYSP 070 Should We Eat Meat? The History of the Debate Wimsatt
FYSP 075 Introduction to Knot Theory Johnson
FYSP 078 Finding Stories in Surprising Places Avila
FYSP 085 Rebellion, Revolution, Rock-'n'-Roll: Art and Dissent in Russia Baugess
FYSP 086 Contemporary East Asian Cinema La
FYSP 096 The Art of Social Work Wimsatt
FYSP 104 It's Never Aliens: Understanding Astronomy In The News Johnson
FYSP 106 Symmetry at the Alhambra: Geometry and Art in Islamic Spain Baugess
FYSP 107 City as Symphony: Cinema, Music, and Modernity Baugess
FYSP 119 From Amistad to Andor: Representation of Rebellion and Revolution in Pop Culture Sullivan
FYSP 120 The Holocaust in American Popular Culture Mitchell
FYSP 129 Great Lakes and Rust Belt States Sullivan
FYSP 133 The Great Debate: The Arguments That Created America's Constitution Baugess
FYSP 140 Slow Thinking: Walking, Moving, Writing Avila
FYSP 144 Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Johnson
FYSP 148 Hollywood's Italians: How Legends are Made Baugess
FYSP156 Jewish Identity and American Politics Sullivan
FYSP 164 The Art of Fashion: Medieval to Modern Fortier
FYSP 166 Heroes and Villains Wimsatt
FYSP 171 Environment and Expression in Appalachia Baugess
FYSP 174 Is Another World Possible? Utopianism and its Discontents Baugess
FYSP 176 Black Women's Narratives on Page, Stage and Screen Sullivan
FYSP 177 The Uncanny in Cross-Cultural Perspective Baugess
FYSP 178 Social Justice and Professional Athlete Activism Avila
FYSP 181 Ridiculous Writing Avila