2020 Ph.D., American and New England Studies Program, Boston University.
“Docile by Design: Commercial Furniture and the Education of American Bodies, 1840-1920.”
2012 Master of Arts with Honors, History of Decorative Arts & Design, Cooper Hewitt Museum.
“Enduring Furniture at an Affordable Price : Reconstructing Nineteenth-century Business Models.”
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Product Design, Parsons School of Design.
1989 Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry, Rutgers University.
2021 “Bleacher Bugs and Fifty-Centers: The Design of American Baseball Stadium Seating, 1880-1920,” Buildings & Landscapes, Spring 2021.
2020 “Tied to the Desk: The Somatic Experience of Office Work, 1870–1920,” Interior Design, November 2020.
2019 “Take Three: The Doctor’s Office,” Modern American History, July 2019.
2014 “American Childhood in 25 Artifacts: School Desk,” The Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association, October 2014.
2012 “University of Design: To What Degree?” IDSA Educational Symposium, Co-authored with Rama Chorpash and Patricia Beirne, August 2012.
2020 Review: "Object Lessons: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Learned to Make Sense of the Material World by Sarah Anne Carter, Journal of Design History, May 2020.
2016 “Understanding through Performance Black Boston: A City Connects,” Transfers 6 (3), Winter 2016: 138–141.
2015 “Making Music Modern: Design for Ear and Eye,” Objective, Journal of History of Design and Curatorial Studies, Spring/Summer 2015.
2010 “Parsons Women: Designing a Career,” in Inspiring Women: Selected Designers from Parsons School of Design Archive.
2019 Dissertation Fellowship, Boston University.
2018 Dissertation Fellowship, Winterthur Museum.
2015 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Bentley University.
2015 Dewey Lee Curtis Scholarship, The Decorative Arts Trust.
2015 Outstanding Teaching Fellow, Boston University.
2014 Sewell C. Biggs Scholarship, Winterthur Museum.
2016 Conference Co-organizer, “The Dynamic City: Futures for the Past,” Boston University, April 1-2.
2018 Panel Co-organizer, “Material Culture Caucus: Cultural Landscapes as Sites for Emergence and Activism,” States of Emergence, American Studies Association, November 9-12.
2020 “De-centering the Bauhaus: Industrial Design Education at Parsons School of Design and RISD,” College Art Association, February 12-15.
2019 “Bleacher Bugs and Fifty-Centers: The Design of American Baseball Stadium Seating, 1880-1920,” Landscapes of Succession, Vernacular Architecture Forum, May 29-June 1.
2018 “Upfront & Personal: Furniture Design and the Feminization of Clerical Offices,” Design and Displacement, Design History Society, September 6-8.
2018 “Commercial Furniture and the Gendering of Office Work,” States of Emergence, American Studies Association, November 9-12.
2016 “The Long History of Urban Planning,” Reclaiming Urban Renewal, Lawrence History Center Symposium, May 7.
2015 “Paternalism Inscribed on the Industrial City: The Case of Lawrence, Massachusetts,” Society of Architectural Historians, New England Chapter, February 28.
2012 “Queens Art Pewter: A Brooklyn Tale of Modern Mettle,” Brooklyn Aesthetics Conference, April 21.
2012 “Quality Furniture at an Affordable Price: Reconstructing Nineteenth-Century Business Models,” Society of Industrial Archaeology, June 2.
2021 Roundtable: “Diversity and Inclusion in Pedagogy” Nineteenth Century Scholars Association, March 11.
2017 “Material Culture Caucus: Material Culture Pedagogy Across the Curriculum,” Pedagogies of Dissent, American Studies Association, November 9-12.
2015 “Brooklyn’s making history: Late 19th & Early 20th Century,” Wanted Design, May 9.
2012 “Design Education for New Manufacturing,” Design for Manufacturing Summit, September 20.
2021 “Racism, Classism and the Design of American Public Spaces,” Parsons School of Design, April 9.
2014 “Buying Time: The Commercialization of Leisure in New England, 1890-1920,” Americanist Forum, Boston University, March 5.
2014 “The Hand and The Machine: 19th Century Factory-made Furniture,” Reconsidering Craft: Its History and Practice, Boston University, November 14.
Pre-college, Design: A City of Neighborhoods (Little Italy, Chinatown, Morningside Heights (Su 10).
BFA/MFA Production Methods: Ecology & Production (Fa 09, co-taught).
Portfolio Prep (Fa 2008, Sp 09).
Watercolor Techniques (Sp 09).
2018 Classical Excellence in Boston: The Furniture of Isaac Vose, 1789–1825, Massachusetts Historical Society, Exhibition catalog photo manipulation, rights acquisition, and management.
2014 Research Fellowship, Boston Furniture Archive, Winterthur Museum.
2009 Windgate Fellowship, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Archive and database of craftsman and institutions to prepare for an exhibition on twentieth century studio craft and the G. I. Bill.
Curriculum Development and Coordination, Product Design, BFA and Continuing Education (Fa 07-Sp 13).
Capstone Exhibition Design and Coordination, Product Design, BFA (Sp 11, Sp 12, Sp 13).
President, Graduate Student Association, American & New England Studies Program, 2014-2015.
Undergraduate mentor, 2015-2016.
Editorial Assistant, Buildings & Landscapes, the Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, 2014-2015.
Board Member, 2020-2023.
Library volunteer, Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation, 2013-2015.
High School to College Mentor, Hyde Square Task Force – Latino Community Center, 2016-2017.
Director of Administration, 2001-2007.
Assistant Chair Product Design, 2000-2001.
Master cabinetmaker, 1999-2000.
President, 1997-2000.
English (fluent).
Spanish (conversational).
American Historical Association (AHA)
American Studies Association (ASA) – Materials Culture Caucus.
College Art Association (CAA).
Design History Society (DHS).
Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA).
Nineteenth-Century Studies Association (NCSA)
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH).
The International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture.
Vernacular Architecture Forum (VAF)