John Davis

John Davis
Curator, Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) (Librarian II)
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
Research, Teaching, & Learning
Research and Academic Services
John Davis is the Curator of Special Collections in Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library (MSPAL) at the University of Maryland. He is a certified archivist and holds a Master's in Library and Information Science. He has curated and co-curated exhibits at MSPAL and at Lost Origins Gallery in Washington, DC. His articles appear in Notes (the journal for the Music Library Association), The Journal of Popular Culture, The Washington Post, NPR, The Journal of Digital Media Management, and Punk & Post-Punk. His monograph on the history of Washington, DC punk fanzines will be published by Georgetown University Press in fall 2025.