New faculty spotlight: DiAnna Hemsath

DiAnna Hemsath

DiAnna Hemsath is a new faculty member at UNMC.

  • Name: DiAnna Hemsath
  • Hometown: Omaha
  • Title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor/archivist, McGoogan Library of Medicine

Research/professional interests:

  • Special collections organization and development
  • Collectors and collecting
  • UNMC history
  • Medical history

How I fell in love with archiving:
I prefer to create order from chaos. I like to develop the narrative existing in unexplored documents and share that information with others.

Degrees:

  • B.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  • M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Memberships:

  • Society of American Archivists
  • Midwest Archives Conference

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I have worked with many types of collections, from documents of the founding fathers to shrunken heads to fine scale miniatures.
  • I don’t collect anything personally.
  • I enjoy spending time outdoors and in museums.