{"id":96,"date":"2024-06-26T12:29:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T17:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2026-08-07T11:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:40:57","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_0 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h1 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Our Team<\/h1><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_1 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h5 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Undergraduate Research at St. Olaf College<\/h5><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_heading et_pb_heading_2 et_pb_bg_layout_\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_heading_container\"><h4 class=\"et_pb_module_heading\">Collaborative Undergraduate Research & Inqiry (CURI)<\/h4><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"StOlaf2026\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/StOlaf2026-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2000px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1717\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1147\" height=\"939\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/06\/Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/06\/Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/06\/Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg-980x802.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/06\/Vertical-Logo-on-White.jpg-480x393.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1147px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-57\" \/><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This project is funded by the<strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>St. Olaf Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (CURI) program<\/strong>. CURI provides opportunities for St. Olaf students from all academic disciplines to gain an in-depth understanding of a particular subject through working closely with a St. Olaf faculty member in a research framework.<\/p>\n<p><span>We are grateful for the guidance of<\/span><span>\u00a0Lead Archivist\u00a0<strong>Kristell Benson<\/strong>\u00a0in Summer 2026 and Distinctive Collections Engagement Librarian<b>\u00a0Jillian Sparks<\/b>\u00a0in Summer 2024.<\/span><span>\u00a0We have received generous technical assistance from\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/profile\/tanaka4\">Anda Tanaka<\/a><\/strong><span>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/profile\/ecp\">Don Ezra Plemons<\/a><\/strong>, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/profile\/bdg\/\"><strong>Ben Gottfried<\/strong><\/a><span>,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stolaf.edu\/profile\/sara\"><strong>Sara Lynnore<\/strong><\/a><span>, and\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/andersmakes.com\/\"><strong>Anders Nienstaedt<\/strong><\/a><span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We also thank the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookseminars.com\/\">Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar<\/a><\/strong> (CABS) for providing our students with intensive, hands-on instruction regarding the antiquarian book trade in Summer of 2024 and 2026.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module  dbdb-icon-on-right dbdb-icon-on-hover dbdb-has-custom-padding\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light et_block_module\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/curi\/\">Learn More About CURI<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1958\" height=\"1958\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/IMG_0209-e1724764886872.jpg\" alt=\"Prof. Christina M. Spiker\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/IMG_0209-e1724764886872.jpg 1958w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/IMG_0209-e1724764886872-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/IMG_0209-e1724764886872-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/IMG_0209-e1724764886872-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1958px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1350\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Prof. Christina M. Spiker<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Primary Investigator (PI)<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Christina M. Spiker is an assistant professor of art history and Asian studies at St. Olaf College. She specializes in modern Japanese visual culture of the Meiji era. She has long held a research interest in the relationship between text and art. She began working on crepe-paper books in 2019 at St. Catherine University before picking up this work at St. Olaf College. She is currently working on a publication about crepe-paper books and is the web designer for this virtual exhibition.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cmspiker.faculty.bio\/\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_website_icon\"><span>Website<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:spiker1@stolaf.edu\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christina-m-spiker\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_linkedin_icon\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_1 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2316\" height=\"2316\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_2079-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Sam Gering &#039;27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_2079-1.jpeg 2316w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_2079-1-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_2079-1-980x980.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_2079-1-480x480.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2316px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1692\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Sam Gering &#039;27<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Assistant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sam Gering \u201927 is a double major in Studio Art and Philosophy, with a Concentration in Business and Management Studies. In addition to cataloging and documenting our new 2026 acquisition of crepe-paper books along with a new set of fairy tale annotations, he has helped to establish a digital networking tool to assist in visualizing Hasegawa\u2019s social connections at the time of his publishing activities. He has also created an authentic Japanese woodblock print illustration as well as learning letterpress in the hopes of better understanding the entire crepe-paper process<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:gering2@stolaf.edu\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mazes_end\/\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_instagram_icon\"><span>Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sam-gering-31034135b\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_linkedin_icon\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_2 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_13851-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Tiana Pay &#039;29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_13851-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_13851-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_13851-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/07\/IMG_13851-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1698\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Tiana Pay &#039;29<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Assistant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>Tiana Pay \u201829 is a double major in Asian Studies and Japanese, with a concentration in Applied Linguistics and TEFL. In addition to cataloguing and documenting the new 2026 acquisitions and contributing two annotations, she has worked on updating the database to improve its accuracy and consistency. She developed an interest in Hasegawa\u2019s English translators and their versions of Japanese folktales, resulting in her research into each of them. She additionally analyzed variations of the folktale \"Kobutori\" and their translations.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:pay2@stolaf.edu\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_3 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2316\" height=\"2316\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/anikaselfie.jpg\" alt=\"Anika James &#039;25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/anikaselfie.jpg 2316w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/anikaselfie-1280x1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/anikaselfie-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2024\/08\/anikaselfie-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2316px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1349\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Anika James &#039;25<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Assistant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anika James \u201925 is a double major in Art History and Studio Art. While contributing to the general investigation of crepe-paper books, she has spearheaded the development of timeline project for this virtual exhibition focusing on Hasegawa\u2019s various publishing activities. She has also reconstructed the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">momidai<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> device for making crepe paper. Anika worked with Laura to develop \u201cGlimpses of Whimsy,\u201d a case display for Rolvaag Memorial Library in 2024. Anika is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS) in Summer 2024. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:james8@stolaf.edu\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anika-james-000511253\/\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_linkedin_icon\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_4 clearfix  et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/01\/lauraselfie.jpg\" alt=\"Laura Smith &#039;25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/01\/lauraselfie.jpg 572w, https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1759\/2026\/01\/lauraselfie-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 572px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-1377\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Laura Smith &#039;25<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">Research Assistant<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laura Smith \u201925 is a triple major in Art History, Ancient Studies, and Latin. While contributing to the general investigation of crepe-paper books, she developed a special interest in the network of people involved in crepe-paper books. She has been in charge of the Meiji Social Network. Laura worked with Anika to develop \u201cGlimpses of Whimsy,\u201d a case display for Rolvaag Memorial Library in 2024. Laura is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Books Seminar (CABS) in Summer 2024.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\"><li><a href=\"mailto:smith109@stolaf.edu\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon db_pb_team_member_email_icon\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/laura-smith-7b0201281\/\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_linkedin_icon\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1531,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1531"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464,"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.stolaf.edu\/crepepaperbooks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}