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Sara Hendren

Associate Professor at <span class="not-italic font-text_font lg:text-[18px] text-[16px] font-bold claimed">Northeastern University</span>
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Academic researcher and educator specializing in art, design, and humanities.
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  • Art
  • Research
  • Graphic Design
  • Contemporary Art
  • Public Speaking
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Sara Hendren is a seasoned educator and researcher with expertise in art, design, and humanities. She has taught at various institutions, including Harvard University and Vassar College, and has held positions as a lecturer, professor, and principal investigator. Hendren's research focuses on the intersection of art, design, and technology, and she has worked with organizations such as the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

Experience

  • Northeastern University
    • Associate Professor
  • Northeastern University
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
    • Associate Professor
      • Jul 2023 - Present
      • Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • Harvard University Graduate School of Design
    • Lecturer in Architecture
      • Dec 2021 - Jul 2023
  • New America
    • United States
    • Think Tanks
    • 300 - 400 Employee
    • Program Fellow, Education Policy
      • Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

    • Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fellow
      • Sep 2017 - Nov 2021

  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Principal Investigator, Sketch Model, supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
      • 2017 - Jul 2023

      Principal Investigator for Sketch Model, a three-year series of programs bringing experiences in the arts and humanities to Olin College, including a creative residency, summer fellowships for students, and a summer institute opportunity for humanities faculty.

    • Associate Professor
      • Sep 2014 - Jul 2023

    • Associate Professor, Fine Arts, Design, and Humanities
      • 2014 - Jul 2023

      Currently Principal Investigator on a three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to create arts experiences for engineering students and faculty. Teaching adaptive and assistive technology design, critical design, and social/public arts practices for engineers in training.

  • Vassar College
    • Poughkeepsie, NY
    • Tatlock Fellow and Visiting Scholar
      • Jan 2019 - Nov 2021
      • Poughkeepsie, NY
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
    • Public Scholar
      • Aug 2017 - Nov 2021
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
    • Boston, MA
    • Neighborhood Salon Luminary
      • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019
      • Boston, MA
  • Carey Institute for Global Good
    • Rennselaerville, NY
    • Logan Nonfiction Fellow
      • Feb 2018 - Apr 2018
      • Rennselaerville, NY
  • ablersite.org
    • Cambridge, MA
    • Writer/Editor
      • Jan 2009 - Jan 2016
      • Cambridge, MA

      + Collect and comment on art, design, and adaptive technologies. + Critical examination of prosthetics, inclusive and "universal" design, biotechnologies+ Build community of global colleagues in design research and emerging technologies

  • Artists in Context
    • Cambridge, MA
    • Consultant/Writer
      • Jan 2012 - Jun 2014
      • Cambridge, MA

      + Ongoing consultation and strategy work for Artists in Context, a non-profit that supports the research-based, multidisciplinary, embedded practices of contemporary artists and other creative thinkers who seek to invent alternative approaches to existing societal challenges.

  • Rhode Island School of Design
    • Providence, Rhode Island Area
    • Adjunct Lecturer
      • Sep 2013 - May 2014
      • Providence, Rhode Island Area
  • metaLAB (at) Harvard
    • Cambridge, MA
    • Research Fellow
      • Sep 2012 - May 2013
      • Cambridge, MA

      + Worked with other inaugural fellows to build and expand metaLAB's research agenda in digital humanities. + Developed digital-material slope : intercept project alongside fellow researchers.+ Community-building via lectures, conferences, and collaborations to broaden metaLAB's work.

  • Harvard Graduate School of Design
    • Cambridge, MA USA
    • Advanced Studies Program
      • Sep 2011 - May 2013
      • Cambridge, MA USA

      + Master of Design Studies, Art,Design, and the Public Domain. + Research affiliate with the Digital Cities + Societies Lab, part of the Responsive Environments group.

  • Asperger's Association of New England
    • Boston area
    • LifeMAP coach
      • Sep 2009 - Apr 2010
      • Boston area

      + One-on-one life skills coach and liaison for adults with autism spectrum conditions.

  • Harvard Project Zero
    • Harvard Graduate School of Education (Cambridge...
    • Research Assistant
      • Sep 1996 - Sep 1999
      • Harvard Graduate School of Education (Cambridge...

      + Research Assistant on variety of educational research studies.

Education

  • 2011 - 2013
    Harvard University Graduate School of Design
  • 1999 - 2002
    UCLA
  • 1991 - 1994
    Wheaton College

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