{"id":5436,"date":"2023-03-24T15:33:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/?post_type=person&#038;p=5436"},"modified":"2026-05-22T09:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:09:55","slug":"emerson-richards","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/anthropology\/person\/emerson-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerson Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"284\">Dr. Emerson Richards earned her M.A. in Anthropology with a concentration in Historical Archaeology from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">University of Central Florida<\/span><\/span>, where she specialized in Historical Archaeology and ArcGIS applications under the advisement of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">John Walker<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"286\" data-end=\"588\">Prior to joining UCF, she earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Indiana University<\/span><\/span> in 2020, focusing on medieval manuscripts. She also received an M.A. (2013) and bachelor\u2019s degrees in English, Medieval Studies, and Geography from the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">University of Florida<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"590\" data-end=\"953\">Dr. Richards previously worked as a Rare Books Cataloguer at Pembroke College, Cambridge, and has experience in Special Collections librarianship, environmental inspection, and the rare book trade. Her interdisciplinary background centers on the conservation of resources and the presentation of information to diverse audiences through objective data analysis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1197\">Her M.A. thesis applied historical archaeology methodologies to the 1575 Spanish edition of Peter Apian\u2019s <em data-start=\"1061\" data-end=\"1075\">Cosmographia<\/em>, examining historical coordinates and toponyms associated with European accounts of the New World through GIS analysis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1199\" data-end=\"1477\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">While at UCF, Dr. Richards received the Dean\u2019s Fellowship (2024) and the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Indiana University Lilly Library<\/span><\/span> Mendel Fellowship (2025) in support of her research. She also participated in Season 9 of the Cape Canaveral Archaeological Mitigation Project (CCAMP) as a Crew Chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Emerson Richards earned her M.A. in Anthropology with a concentration in Historical Archaeology from the University of Central Florida, where she specialized in Historical Archaeology and ArcGIS applications under the advisement of John Walker. Prior to joining UCF, she earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in 2020, focusing on medieval manuscripts. 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