Class Visits and Instruction
Last updated March 12, 2026
Preparing students for 21st century research skills...
The Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) supports research, teaching, and learning at the undergraduate and graduate level through instruction. Teaching faculty can work with the WLA to support a variety of learning outcomes, via classroom visits synchronously at the WLA’s home in Piper Hall (Lake Shore Campus), in the classroom (Lake Shore or Water Tower Campus), or synchronously/asynchronously online. We welcome and encourage collaborations with Core Curriculum, Service Learning, and Writing Intensive courses.
.... by engaging with the past
Visiting the WLA provides students with hands-on experience with primary sources available only at Loyola University Chicago. The WLA offers archival lab experiences for students to work with collections directly, customizing archives-related assignments for most academic disciplines. Instructional visits can be one-time, or serve as the foundation for broader projects that span the semester. WLA staff also conduct tours of historic Piper Hall by request, with special emphasis on interpreting class, gender, and race in historic spaces Teaching faculty are also encouraged to contact the WLA about opportunities for individual students in search of Internship, Practicum, Independent Study, and Capstone opportunities.
Each instructional visit or tour is specifically designed for the needs of the class. To set up a visit, please contact us at 773.508.8837 or WLArchives@LUC.edu.
Recent Collaborators
- Anthropology
- Classical Studies
- Communications
- Digital Humanities
- Education
- Fine and Performing Art
- History
- Polish Studies
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Theology
- Women's Studies & Gender Studies
....and more!
Examples of Recent Activities
- completing a worksheet on primary sources
- "show and tell" of an archival item
- conducting archival research for a research paper, poster, or presentation
- writing a post for the WLA blog
- creating a script for a WLA YouTube video
- designing a mockup of an exhibit or proposing a grant project
- creating a processing plan for an unprocessed collection
Last updated March 12, 2026
Preparing students for 21st century research skills...
The Women and Leadership Archives (WLA) supports research, teaching, and learning at the undergraduate and graduate level through instruction. Teaching faculty can work with the WLA to support a variety of learning outcomes, via classroom visits synchronously at the WLA’s home in Piper Hall (Lake Shore Campus), in the classroom (Lake Shore or Water Tower Campus), or synchronously/asynchronously online. We welcome and encourage collaborations with Core Curriculum, Service Learning, and Writing Intensive courses.
.... by engaging with the past
Visiting the WLA provides students with hands-on experience with primary sources available only at Loyola University Chicago. The WLA offers archival lab experiences for students to work with collections directly, customizing archives-related assignments for most academic disciplines. Instructional visits can be one-time, or serve as the foundation for broader projects that span the semester. WLA staff also conduct tours of historic Piper Hall by request, with special emphasis on interpreting class, gender, and race in historic spaces Teaching faculty are also encouraged to contact the WLA about opportunities for individual students in search of Internship, Practicum, Independent Study, and Capstone opportunities.
Each instructional visit or tour is specifically designed for the needs of the class. To set up a visit, please contact us at 773.508.8837 or WLArchives@LUC.edu.
Recent Collaborators
- Anthropology
- Classical Studies
- Communications
- Digital Humanities
- Education
- Fine and Performing Art
- History
- Polish Studies
- Political Science
- Sociology
- Theology
- Women's Studies & Gender Studies
....and more!
Examples of Recent Activities
- completing a worksheet on primary sources
- "show and tell" of an archival item
- conducting archival research for a research paper, poster, or presentation
- writing a post for the WLA blog
- creating a script for a WLA YouTube video
- designing a mockup of an exhibit or proposing a grant project
- creating a processing plan for an unprocessed collection