Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer is one of the Humanities Research and Instruction librarians, covering the fields of Art, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, and Religion. Anna received her Ph.D. in Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of Michigan in 2014, and her M.L.I.S. from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017. Her research interests include early Chinese religion, early Asian science and technology, and the intersections of art and religious practice. She is a specialist in Chinese divination practices.

In her free time, Anna spends time with her daughter and husband, cultivates orchids, plays with her cats, photographs her neighborhood, and enjoys visiting museums. Her favorite Philadelphia-based museum is the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Publications:

Brown, Miranda, and Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer. "Rituals without Rules: Han Dynasty Mourning." In Behaving Badly in Early and Medieval China, edited by N. Harry Rothschild and Leslie V. Wallace, 91-105. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2017. 

Fodde-Reguer, Anna-Alexandra. "Divining Bureaucracy: Divination Manuals as Technology and the Standardization of Efficacy in Early China." PhD diss., University of Michigan, 2014.

Education:

2017. University of Pittsburgh, M.L.I.S.

2014. University of Michigan, Ph.D. Asian Languages and Cultures (Chinese Religions).

2007. University of Hawai'i, Manoa, M.A. History (China). 

2004. Brooklyn College, City University of New York, B.A. (History).