Sarah Berry

Sarah Berry's career has always combined academic work with media design and development. After graduating from Reed College she went to NYU and worked in video postproduction in New York, Berlin and Strasbourg. She completed a PhD in film/media at NYU and wrote on the nexus of representation, gender, and consumer cultures (Screen Style: Fashion and Femininity in 1930s Hollywood, Minnesota UP 2000).

As an Assistant Professor at CUNY Staten Island Dr. Berry taught media studies and video production while completing a second Master’s in NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, where she learned web-based and physical computing.

After working in commercial web design and development in New York she joined Ziba Design in Portland as a UI/UX designer. Later she taught part-time at Portland State University and helped develop the Digital Technology and Cultures program at Seattle University, where she teaches part-time online.

Currently Berry balances digital projects (Python and interactive video) with tactile fun in ceramics and woodworking.