Larissa Glasser

Larissa's work at The Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library and Archives includes reference and technical services, cataloging monographs and serials, digitization project management, metadata curation, archival processing, and encouraging all students to pursue interests in STEAM fields without yielding to systemic biases of any kind.

Larissa's activities include ongoing work in Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Anti-Racism (DIBAR) initiatives, digital humanities, critical pedagogy, Classical/Medieval/Modern world history, publishing, and literature. Her other research interests include International Affairs, Progressivism, 21st Century Feminism, Journalism/Media, Heavy Metal studies, Byzantine History, African History, Map Librarianship/GIS, Politics of The Cold War, Writing, Transgender Studies and History, and the works of Clark Ashton Smith.

Larissa is a member of American Library Association (ALA), Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries (CBHL), The Digital Commonwealth, Horror Writers Association (HWA), New England Archivists, and Society of American Archivists (SAA).

Larissa has volunteered with Harvard's LGBT Faculty and Staff Committee, Harvard Gender and Sexuality Caucus, and has advocated for trans-inclusive healthcare on campus for over twenty years. Larissa is also an author of genre fiction and a musician.

Larissa is committed to academic freedom, student achievement, social justice, library instruction, accessibility, and advancement of knowledge in world history and digital humanities. She invites colleagues to connect on LinkedIn and in person.