History of photographic art and technology; conservation of photographs; history of twentieth-century art, especially Dada, Futurism, and Surrealism; history of documentary photography; history of Smithsonian photographic collections.
Haberstich, David E. 2021. "Scurlock Photographs, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the NMAH Archives Center, Part 1." [Blog] . 2021. https://si-siris.blogspot.com/2021/02/.
2021
Haberstich, David. 2012. "Photography Changes What We Long to See." in Photography Changes Everything, edited by Heiferman, Marvin., 34-36. Aperture Foundation / Smithsonian.
2012
Wells, Donna and Haberstich, David E. 2009. "The Scurlock Studio: A Biography." in Picturing the Promise: The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington, edited by Gardullo, Paul and Delaney, Michelle Anne., 196-212. National Museum of African American History and Culture.
2009
Haberstich, David E. 2008. "Automatic Photobooths in Context(s)." in American Photobooth, edited by Goranin, Nakki., 9-13. W.W. Norton & Company.
2008
Taught the history of photography at the University of Delaware, the University of Maryland (College Park), the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art.