Melissa Adler
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University, author of Peculiar Satisfaction and Cruising the Library, specializing in libraries, archives, museums, and critical classification studies.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 54min
Melissa Adler, "Peculiar Satisfaction: Thomas Jefferson and the Mastery of Subjects" (Fordham UP, 2025)
Melissa Adler, Associate Professor of Information & Media Studies and author of Peculiar Satisfaction, explores how Thomas Jefferson shaped libraries, archives, and museums. She traces his cataloging and archival methods and their role in national memory. Short reflections cover classification that marginalizes, Jefferson’s museum practices, and why these institutions matter for democratic knowledge.
