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Visiting Instructor

Art

Leah Davis Witherow is the Curator of History for the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, an AAM accredited regional museum of history and culture. She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in history and is the Project Director for the Museum’s award-winning interactive storytelling platform, the Story of Us. Additionally, for the past twenty-five years she has taught courses in nineteenth and early twentieth century American History and Museum Studies, specializing in the history of Colorado, Labor, the Progressive Era, and Women. In 2017 she was selected as a “Woman of Influence” by the Colorado Springs Business Journal; is on the state-wide board of Colorado Humanities; and serves as president of the Board for the non-profit Ormao Dance Company.