(Abbreviated CV)
Education
2024 :: Ph.D., Information Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Dissertation: Art as information: Re-reading Quicksand
2017 :: Master of Fine Arts, Art-Graphic Design
Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2006 :: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graphic Design
Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University
Grand Rapids, MI
Honors and Awards
- 2024 Honor Society Membership: Beta Phi Mu, International Library & Information Studies. Elected by UIUC iSchool faculty.
- 2023 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information.
- 2020–21 Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Fellowship, The Imagining America Consortium.
Publications
Peer-reviewed
2024 :: Pintar, Judith, Courtney Richardson, Alyssa Choi, Jessica Cruz-Taylor, David A. Hopping, Megi Mecolli, Rewo Oshe. “Gameful Pedagogy: Towards a Students’ Bill of Rights” International Journal of Games and Social Impact 2, no. 2 (2024): 81-101.
https://doi.org/10.60543/ijgsi.v2.n2.04.
2021 :: La Barre, Kathryn and Courtney Richardson. “Chaos and Conception in the openED Archive.” Library Trends 69, no. 3 (2021): 646-671.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/790443.
Public Scholarship
2020 :: Richardson, Courtney. “Intersecting Black Histories, Art Practice, and Information History.” PAGE Blog Salon, September 24, 2020.
https://imaginingamerica.org/intersecting-black-histories-art-practice-and-information-history/.
Experience: Archives
2023 Oct – Current, Project Archivist
Cranbrook Center for Collections and Research
Digitization Project: Revealing Horizons-Upward Bound History (HUB) at Cranbrook Educational Community // progress blog.
2022 Jan – 2023 May, Native Digital Archives, Oral History
UIUC, Graduate Research Assistant
Digitization Project: Doris Duke Native Oral History Revitalization Project, Coordinated by the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums (ATALM)) // Illinois’s collection.
2019 May–Dec, Hal Baron Archives
UIUC, Graduate Research Assistant
Described and inventoried documents of Hal Baron (public policy expert, scholar, and activist).
2018 Aug–May, Community Archives
UIUC, Graduate Research Assistant
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center’s openED Archive and ASIS&T // reflective article.
Experience: Teaching
2024 Aug – May, Typography (Graphic Design)
Part-time Instructor, hybrid course (Wayne State, Fine Arts)
2022–23 Aug – Aug, Black Arts Today (History and Artmaking)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, online asynchronous course (UIUC, Fine Arts)
2021 Jan–Dec, Data Storytelling (Data Visualization and Narrative)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, hybrid and in-person courses (UIUC, Information Sciences)
2020 May–Dec, Intro to Information Sciences
Graduate Teaching Assistant, online course (UIUC, Information Sciences)
2017 Aug – 2018 May, Graphic Design Lecturer
Wayne State, Fine Arts
2015–17 Aug, Graphic Design Instructor
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State, Fine Arts (Instructor of record during all except one semester.)
Experience: Graphic Design
2005–20, Independent Graphic Designer
Recourtney Design Studio, LLC
Freelance/sole member company
2011–15, In-house Graphic Designer
The Dental Advisor, Ann Arbor, MI
Research, training, and product publication
2006–11, Graphic Designer and Front-end Web Developer
Media Genesis, Troy, MI
Internet services firm
Creative Activities
Artwork accepted into group exhibitions
- 2020 :: Complicating Matters of Cultural Historical Information Reproduction through Art and Design: A Material/Visual Study on Emigration Data about the Black Loyalists. April 2020. Embroidered fabric, 60 x 60 in. 2020 Image of Research Virtual Exhibition. May 2020.
https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/8606/807623. - 2017 :: Quicksand by Nella Larsen. 2016. Vinyl, embroidery, 12 x 12 in., 30 x 30 in. Bent, but Unbroken Exhibition. Charles H. Wright Museum, Detroit, MI. July–October 2017.
https://www.thingsfeelheavy.info/copy-of-yah-show-info-exhibiting. - 2016 :: What’s In a Name: Viola Liuzzo, 2014. Fabric on plywood, 32 x 38 in. Just My Type Exhibition. Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI. February 2016.
Conference Activities
Solo Presentations
- 2023 :: “Art as Information: Re-Reading Quicksand.” Jean Tague-Sutcliffe Doctoral Poster Competition and Reception. ALISE Annual Conference (Association for Library and Information Science Education). Poster, Milwaukee, WI. October 4, 2023.
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023. - 2023 :: “How Art Works to Engage Cultural Narratives as Ever-emerging Archives.” Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA) 2023 Summer Salon Virtual Conference (Segment: Women, Gender, and Sexuality). Paper. June 8, 2023.
- 2023 :: “Critically Re-reading, -telling, and -archiving through Art Practice.” 2023 Critical Pedagogy Symposium: A Focus on Critical Race Theory. Online Lightning Talk. May 19, 2023.
https://mnylc.org/cps/critically-re-reading-telling-and-archiving-2023/.
Panels and Group Presentations
- 2024 :: “An Art and Wellness-driven Approach to Personal Archiving.” New Voices in the Profession. Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Annual Conference. Panel, Pittsburg, PA. April 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.alise.2023.
- 2024 :: “Engaging Art as Information through Critical Art and Archival Practices.” Notes on the Archive: Alternative Assemblages and Fringe Imaginaries, College Art Association of America (CAA) Annual Conference. Virtual Panel, Chicago, IL. February 16, 2024.
Lectures
Guest Speaker
2025 :: “A Discussion of How We Craft, Process, Document, and Circulate Information through Art.” Graphic Design Career Day and Portfolio Reviews, Kendall College of Art and Design of Ferris State University. Grand Rapids, MI. April 9, 2025.
Invited Lectures
- 2022 :: “Graphic Design, Art, and Archives in Conversation.” Center for Advanced Studies and the Arts. Oak Park, MI. October 20, 2022.
- 2020 :: “Pursuing Art-Design as Research in Graduate School.” Graphic Design Department and AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) Student Chapter with WSU Alumni Online Office, Wayne State University. April 13, 2020.