He has presented papers at national conferences such as the Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association and the Western Society for French History. His recent article “‘Sauvons le Luxembourg’: Urban Greenspace as Private Domain and Public Battleground, 1865-1867” appeared in the Journal of Urban History and was translated and published in China by the Institute of History Studies at Tianjin Academy. His book, Planning the Greenspaces of Nineteenth-Century Paris, which explores the social, cultural, political, and environmental aspects of Parisian public green spaces, will be published in the spring of 2015. Richard previously served as Faculty Associate at Arizona State University.