The Mina Rees library is pleased to introduce Rachel Finn, who has recently joined the Dissertation Office as an adjunct reference librarian. Prof. Finn is also an adjunct instructor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Queens College. In the Graduate Center Dissertation Office, she will review submitted manuscripts, provide instruction and guidance in manuscript preparation, and generally assist students with depositing a dissertation, thesis, and capstone project in the library.

Rachel is a writer, librarian, and archivist. She’s worked at various institutions in New York City and upstate in those capacities. Most recently she served as the History and Humanities Librarian at Barnard College, where she started a new Food Studies collection and worked with Special Collections and Archives to bring a large collection of historical cookbooks to the library. In addition to her library experience, Prof. Finn is an independent food researcher and food writer whose work has appeared in popular and scholarly print and electronic publications. She has also worked for many years as a freelance editor and proofreader for major educational publishers. Prior to becoming a librarian, Rachel worked as a high school teacher in Chicago public schools. She holds a Master’s in Education from DePaul University and a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute.

Rachel is currently working on a long-term project dedicated to documenting the food history and food culture of African Americans and the global African Diaspora. In her spare time, she collects cookbooks and tries new recipes, studies herbalism, knits, tends to her plants (lots of plants), and after a trip last year to Uruguay she can’t wait to get back to traveling off the beaten path.

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