Leah Richardson
Director of Archives and Special Collections
Department
Special Collections Research Center
Office location
Special Collections Research Center, Gelman 7th floor
Research consultation area(s)
Arts and Humanities
Special Collections
Collection development area(s)
Africana Studies
American Studies
Anthropology
English and American Literature
Film Studies
History
Labor History
Philosophy
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Areas of expertise
archives, rare books, humanities research, teaching with primary sources, history, American studies, philosophy
ORCID iD
Leah Richardson (she/her) works with students, faculty, and communities to access and use historic and archival collections for research and teaching. Leah works with educators to provide innovative, hands-on instruction with primary sources and is a library partner with the GW University Writing Program. She provides consultations on conducting effective research with digital and paper-based primary and secondary resources.
