Lisa Conathan

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Head of Special Collections

413-597-2930
Sawyer Library
At Williams since 2016

Education

B.A. Dartmouth College, Linguistics
Ph.D. University of California-Berkeley, Linguistics
M.L.S. University of Maryland, Archives

Areas of Expertise

Archives, Linguistics, Language endangerment and revitalization, Native American languages

Scholarship/Creative Work

2022. “Legendo, scribendo, loquendo: Textual transmission of indigenous language documentation.” The Life Cycle of Language: Past, Present, and Future, edited by Darya Kavitskaya and Alan Yu. Clarendon Press: Oxford.

2021. “Supporting researchers of indigenous vernacular archives.” Indigenous Languages and the Promise of Archives, edited by Adrianna Link, Abigail Shelton, and Patrick Spero, 99-120. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

2021. Tanaka, Kurtis (primary author) and others. “Teaching with primary sources: looking at the support needs of instructors.” Ithaka S+R. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18665/sr.314912.

2020. (With Anne Peale and Lori DuBois). “Teaching with primary sources at Williams College.” A summary report of the Ithaka S+R Teaching with Primary Sources Project. Williams Libraries. Retrieved from Unbound.

Professional Affiliations

Society of American Archivists.

Rare Book and Manuscript Section, Association of College and Research Libraries.