https://sarahwnewman.com Sarah W. Newman Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:48:07 +0000 https://sarahwnewman.com en https://sarahwnewman.com/Home Sun, 14 Jul 2019 18:02:00 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/Home https://sarahwnewman.com/AI-Pedagogy-Project-1 Wed, 29 Mar 2023 04:20:20 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/AI-Pedagogy-Project-1 AI Pedagogy ProjectI am founder and lead of the&nbsp;AI Pedagogy Project (AIPP), a resource aimed at guiding educators in critically engaging with AI tools in their teaching. This initiative is tailored for post-secondary educators in non-technical fields, in order to address the opportunities of and concerns about AI use in the classroom. In early 2023, I noticed that while students were curious and intrigued with the availability of AI tools, educators and administrators were not equally equipped to meet the moment. Particularly in writing-heavy disciplines, there was concern—and confusion—about AI tools like large language models. We took this as an opportunity to build a site for educators to help them consider whether to engage with AI technologies in their teaching, and how to do so critically and creatively. The project offers: A searchable collection of educator-designed assignments for integrating AI into syllabi, and doing so responsibly and criticallyUnderstandable AI concept descriptions designed to outline essential concepts and skills in a streamlined guideRecommendations for educators on how to begin their AI journey in the classroomAn interactive tutorial on using large language modelsA resource list for further AI exploration, including related projects The AI Pedagogy Project seeks to demystify AI, encouraging critical engagement and creative AI applications in education. It's an evolving platform, designed to adapt alongside AI advancements and their societal impacts, and engage students in analyzing and critically re-imagining the future of this technology. All assignments are adaptable to diverse pedagogical styles and classroom needs. The AI Guide offers a comprehensive introduction for AI novices and those wishing to expand their knowledge.&nbsp; <img width="672px;" height="461px;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eaec96c26a0da5251e9275b6f5bdd656f4c41fa2e7a265051f19619bf1d504e3/embedded-44761cd7.png" style="width: 418.781px; height: 287.289px;"><img width="672px;" height="460px;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de91a982561b0bffeb346f525cc8a4a05fcb982491a7691a98354981d6480200/embedded-d3239b33.png" style="width: 418.781px; height: 286.666px;"> <img width="672px;" height="460px;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/48513f04ba9f0113f556414fcb5c7e435b56e00a9cd1f33c50cedcc85a5a2a6b/embedded-6734c00c.png" style="width: 418.781px; height: 286.666px;"> https://sarahwnewman.com/Public-AI-Summit Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:40:39 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/Public-AI-Summit Public AI SummitThe Public AI Summit was a two-day virtual event in August 2025 for the general public to hear from leading experts about the latest AI developments, gain a clearer understanding of what these changes mean, and learn how we can leverage these tools in our everyday lives. This event was free, open to all, and designed to make AI approachable and relevant for diverse audiences. The Summit engaged 1,400+ participants in keynote lectures and hands-on, virtual workshops. Sign up for our newsletter here to learn about future events! <img width="2236" height="1478" width_o="2236" height_o="1478" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/655e00135f7ca91cd8f7f5d317d48ce0440ee49b930bd0ffbc5e9d8d298372d4/Summit-1-1.png" data-mid="238712110" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/655e00135f7ca91cd8f7f5d317d48ce0440ee49b930bd0ffbc5e9d8d298372d4/Summit-1-1.png" />Keynote SpeakersRecordings of the keynote talks are available to the public at: https://publicaisummit.com/#keynotes. “What is AI? AI as Normal Technology” Arvind Narayanan, Princeton University “How Does AI Affect Us? The Past, Present, and Future” Kathy Pham, Harvard University “What Can We Do About (and With) AI? Education as a Case Study” Maha Bali, American University in CairoAnna Mills, College of Marin <img width="2206" height="1442" width_o="2206" height_o="1442" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ddcd6aef778b56168a17f220b1fb6302b1dbe9ade0c3fb4378719c85f7d1cccd/Summit-7-1.png" data-mid="238712116" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ddcd6aef778b56168a17f220b1fb6302b1dbe9ade0c3fb4378719c85f7d1cccd/Summit-7-1.png" />WorkshopsPresentation slides and other creative documentation from the below workshops are available to the public at: https://publicaisummit.com/#workshops “Writing Prompts for Everyday Life” Randi Williams, Day of AI “A Critical Introduction to AI-Generated Images” Eryk Salvaggio, University of Cambridge “How AI ‘Learns’: An Introduction to Data Labeling &amp; Taxonomy Design” Annie Brown, Reliabl “The Data Behind AI: A Hands-On Workshop on Dataset Documentation” Kasia Chmielinski, Data Nutrition Project “Benefit from Your Data While Keeping It Secure” Mary Gray, Microsoft Research “Wise Companionship with Artificial Minds” Olivia Tai, Independent Researcher “Toward a Serendipity Machine: Supporting Creative Production with Generative AI” Ziv Epstein, Stanford University “Coming to an (AI) Agreement: Creating Course and Community Guidance About AI Usage” Lance Eaton, Northeastern University “Working with Open-Source LLMs” Katie Watson Jordan, Meta Aisha Iqbal, Meta Dhruv Diddi, Solo Tech “The Digital You” Var Shankar, Council on AI Governance “GenAI Youth Safety Risks and Mitigations” Lisa Titus, Meta Leah Treitman, Meta Sign up for our newsletter here to learn about future events! https://sarahwnewman.com/Data-Nutrition-Project Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:48:07 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/Data-Nutrition-Project Data Nutrition ProjectThe Data Nutrition Project is a nonprofit that aims to increase transparency in data-driven systems through AI education and easy-to-use products. We believe that technology should help us move forward without mirroring societal biases. The Data Nutrition Project team: Creates tools and practices that encourage responsible AI developmentPartners across disciplines to drive broader changeBuilds inclusion and equity into our workExplore the Dataset Nutrition Label — a standardized “nutrition label” for interrogating the quality and intended use of datasets! <img width="1736" height="1074" width_o="1736" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1375e7cfc49ad28ec29dd0e8808720a5e99195d1be3d73fb74c5cf0bf44d74e/DNP-new.png" data-mid="240039743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1375e7cfc49ad28ec29dd0e8808720a5e99195d1be3d73fb74c5cf0bf44d74e/DNP-new.png" /> https://sarahwnewman.com/Swimming-in-a-Sea-of-Invisible-Waves Sat, 10 Feb 2024 20:59:54 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/Swimming-in-a-Sea-of-Invisible-Waves Swimming in a Sea of Invisible WavesSwimming in a Sea of Invisible Waves is a multimodal project – part art, part science communication, part public engagement – that seeks to understand, demystify, and create designs to visualize the various radio frequency technologies (including wifi, cellular, bluetooth, and satellite) that provide the scaffolding for 21st century information and communication technologies. <img width="2544" height="1592" width_o="2544" height_o="1592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3baa75672961f0b90853edbc3807b6e623c60c05dd9c5811bdd73616bb47d125/Screen-Shot-2024-02-10-at-1.11.15-PM.png" data-mid="204365299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3baa75672961f0b90853edbc3807b6e623c60c05dd9c5811bdd73616bb47d125/Screen-Shot-2024-02-10-at-1.11.15-PM.png" />The invisibility of technology infrastructures are varied: some are invisible because they are literally out of sight—server farms, submarine cables, and under- or over-ground wiring; this project focuses on those that are invisible because their signals are in the form of radio waves outside of the visible spectrum (the pulsing of bluetooth, the cellular connection via triangulated towers, the wireless signal to a wired router). This project focuses on the massive amounts of information moving invisibly around us, and supporting our daily lives, our economy, our tech development big and small, and essential to life in the 21st century, while largely either ignored or misunderstood.&nbsp; Work in progress. Project team includes:&nbsp;Dhriti Vadlakonda,&nbsp;Kathleen Esfahany,&nbsp;Lindsay Saftler,&nbsp;Maggie Chen,&nbsp;Mohsin Yousufi,&nbsp;Rebecca Kilberg,&nbsp;Sabrina Madera, Sonia Sobrino Ralston,&nbsp;Taylor Bledsoe,&nbsp;Zachary Slonsky https://sarahwnewman.com/How-the-Light-Gets-In-1 Wed, 02 Nov 2022 01:08:01 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/How-the-Light-Gets-In-1 How the Light Gets InAn interactive installation highlighting the experiences and wisdom of formerly incarcerated women at the Spencer Museum of Art and Lawrence Public Library.There are fragments of wisdom everywhere. How the Light Gets In is an interactive art installation in two parts — offered at Lawrence Public Library and the Spencer Museum of Art — and exploring themes of learning and knowledge, chance encounters, and finding wisdom in unexpected places. <img width="3968" height="2649" width_o="3968" height_o="2649" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a6fc918db7f52f27fa87999c223a588c0e440a2eddcf59d82a976b2b7f97d89/HTLGI_install1.jpg" data-mid="157649509" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a6fc918db7f52f27fa87999c223a588c0e440a2eddcf59d82a976b2b7f97d89/HTLGI_install1.jpg" /> Created by Sarah Newman and the metaLAB team and developed in collaboration with Professor Hyunjin Seo and the KU Center for Digital Inclusion, this project builds on the work of Professor Seo and her team with formerly incarcerated women reentering society. Newman and the KU team developed the project through a combination of conversations and creative workshops with these women. The installation poses questions about who holds knowledge and wisdom and who is situated to teach or transmit that knowledge to others. The work also explores the role of chance, or luck, in a person’s life. The myth that hard work and determination are sufficient for success ignores individuals’ circumstances that are beyond their control. Over the past year, the women in the reentry program participated in workshops and conversations with Newman to contribute their words as the text that is displayed and printed in both sites, and which will intermingle with the reflections of museum-goers and library patrons. In this way, informed by the wisdom of the women in the program as well as of the audience, the exhibition encourages viewers to approach others with compassion, curiosity, and humility.The installation at the Spencer Museum includes a 360 degree text-based projection of the women’s wisdom projected onto theater scrim, animated and dreamlike, it also includes six alcoves that museum-goers can enter to submit their own knowledge to the expanding corpus of text that mysteriously prints in the gallery ceiling and falls to the floor. One of the alcoves contains a “reading nook” with a selection of books by artists, scholars, and writers on themes of incarceration, oppression, and power. At the Lawrence Public Library, the exhibit occupies the library atrium, where eight selected texts from the women inscribe the columns of the atrium. The library installation also includes custom designed lighting, an interactive station where library patrons can contribute their own knowledge to the database, and a printer that will print content submitted by the women, by the museum-goers, and by the library patrons. The librarians also have created a special selection of books and media, which will be available in the atrium in the seating area of the exhibition. Team Leads: Sarah Newman (art) &amp; Hyunjin Seo (research) Design: Juliana Castro, Sabrina Madera, Sonia Ralston, Jade Wu Facilitation: Darcey Altschwager, &amp; Annalise Baines Research: Asa Hadley Tech: Max Lever &amp; Daniel Feist Sound: Halsey Burgund Animation &amp; Projection: Antonieta Bocxe &amp; Josh Heckathorn-Lane Curatorial: Joey Orr, Spencer Museum of Art, Heather Kearns, Lawrence Public Library Contributors to this work include Agnes Lambert, Audrey, Brittania McKnight, Carol Long, Cassandra Rosine, Cassandra Taylor, Charisa Chairozaim, Jodi R Whitt, JSSV, Kathyrn Skirvin, Kim Gardner, Kitty, LaTisha Fouch, Linda Swopes, Marilyn Chaney, Michelle Prettyman, Phoenix rose from the ashes!, Rebecca Riedel, Sabrena Morgan, Samantha Jo Archer, Sehara A Hays, Sonja M. West, Stacey Johnson, Tameeka Allen, Tamiko Grandison, Tanesha W., Tosh, and additional contributors who chose to remain anonymous. This project is a collaboration between metaLAB (at) Harvard, the KU Center for Digital Inclusion, the Spencer Museum of Art, and the Lawrence Public Library. It is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, the Mellon Foundation, and the Linda Inman Bailey Exhibitions Fund. https://sarahwnewman.com/The-Moral-Labyrinth Fri, 02 Mar 2018 18:29:44 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/The-Moral-Labyrinth The Moral Labyrinth Would you trust a robot trained on your behaviors?How will we know when a machine becomes sentient?What does it mean to be moral? As machines get smarter, more complex, and able to operate autonomously in the world, we’ll need to program them with certain “values.” Yet we do not agree on what we value: across cultures, across individuals, even within ourselves. We often do not act in accordance with what we say we value, so should these systems learn from what we say or what we do? What are the implications of how our current belief systems manifest in the swiftly approaching technological future? As we anticipate such change, can we use this technological moment to become more honest, humble, and compassionate? Moral Labyrinth is an interactive art installation that takes shape as a physical walking labyrinth, comprised of philosophical questions, and an individualized “digital” labyrinth on an accompanying laptop. The work is a meditation on perennial—and now particularly pressing—aspects of being human. Engaging with the difficult task of aligning values, it gently reveals the gravity of the problem, and creates an open space to reflect on questions. It also hopefully allows us to see our own values more honestly and critically, as a first step toward any solution. <img width="1768" height="1120" width_o="1768" height_o="1120" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d0d78b9b8cab3360f6986e9d9e2496a533650f11db6c1c4c0b09dc7026304c7/ravensbourne1.jpg" data-mid="46609353" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4d0d78b9b8cab3360f6986e9d9e2496a533650f11db6c1c4c0b09dc7026304c7/ravensbourne1.jpg" /> Visit the Moral Labyrinth website to submit your own question. Exhibitions Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin. Part of Transmediale Vorspiel January-February, 2018, paneled wall mural Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria September, 2018, walking labyrinth and interactive digital experienceMozfest, Ravensbourne University, LondonOctober, 2018, Walking labyrinth made entirely of baking sodaCommunity Bike Path, Somerville, MA December 2018. WeRobot, University of Miami, April 2019, with Jessica Fjeld. Moral Labyrinth Workshop. RightsCon, Tunis, June 2019, with Mindy Seu and Jie Qi.&nbsp; Moral Labyrinth, Northeastern School of Law, Boston, forthcoming, April 2020. Special thanks to Black Cat Labs for the wonderful laser cutting work. <img width="2200" height="1650" width_o="2200" height_o="1650" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b455561812b5e28023aaaed7214541f04ea732a691f9e6556defb3c2e79db73/1809ip10003-2.jpg" data-mid="46609343" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b455561812b5e28023aaaed7214541f04ea732a691f9e6556defb3c2e79db73/1809ip10003-2.jpg" /> <img width="981" height="980" width_o="981" height_o="980" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/05108922ea1ae58f403889d242e57dafacd14a793476aabb1a26b3c8a426ac6b/labyrinth_crop.jpg" data-mid="46609339" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/981/i/05108922ea1ae58f403889d242e57dafacd14a793476aabb1a26b3c8a426ac6b/labyrinth_crop.jpg" /> <img width="2200" height="1707" width_o="2200" height_o="1707" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/295e40e1d2536cae05b8bb6586574f0109dc7b23e91045c93e15a4b43aa78580/18095D100031-2.jpg" data-mid="46609348" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/295e40e1d2536cae05b8bb6586574f0109dc7b23e91045c93e15a4b43aa78580/18095D100031-2.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="1350" width_o="1800" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50b0078e58a605add011742ff764a88e47f1cc9c53b2faf0e46f4376327826c1/1812IP07_-3.jpg" data-mid="46609354" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50b0078e58a605add011742ff764a88e47f1cc9c53b2faf0e46f4376327826c1/1812IP07_-3.jpg" /> https://sarahwnewman.com/The-Future-of-Secrets Tue, 31 Jan 2017 16:48:42 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/The-Future-of-Secrets The Future of Secrets Are secrets uniquely human? Our private lives are mediated and recorded by digital devices. Where are our secrets now? How will intelligent systems of the future process the data we leave behind? Will they know things about us that we don’t (and never could) know about ourselves? The Future of Secrets is an immersive experience that includes sound, projection, and interaction; the installation asks participants to anonymously share their secrets as a way to question the trust we place in machines, and ultimately reflect back our own humanness. What does it mean for us to share so much of ourselves through complex systems and digitally distributed networks? What kind of logic or intelligence is behind a screen? Who or what is watching or reading our words? The installation is an opportunity to be immersed in secrets, and inspires delight, surprise, and reflection while evoking questions about uncertain technological futures. --&gt; interview and video <img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52e9acaff53ef7590a0bff49ff7d12b33aa4cf4bb9ebd533e3081bf84e5de04d/1803IP122647.jpg" data-mid="46609375" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52e9acaff53ef7590a0bff49ff7d12b33aa4cf4bb9ebd533e3081bf84e5de04d/1803IP122647.jpg" /> Exhibitions The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2016 Re:publica Berlin, GERMANY 2017 ESC Atelier Rome, ITALY 2017 Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge 2017 Hacking Arts at the MIT Media Lab, Cambridge 2017 ACUD Berlin, GERMANY 2018 Rainbow Unicorn Berlin, GERMANY 2018 South by Southwest, Austin, 2018 Digital Cultures Conference, Warsaw, POLAND 2018 Northeastern School of Law, Boston, 2019 Studio Odeonplaz, Munich, Germany, 2021 <img width="3379" height="1800" width_o="3379" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b948225cc34cee1737f6614dbca3afa682ebf9695d70a84cc2dc32ff25d988fc/18035D090061.jpg" data-mid="46609374" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b948225cc34cee1737f6614dbca3afa682ebf9695d70a84cc2dc32ff25d988fc/18035D090061.jpg" /> <img width="2711" height="1800" width_o="2711" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26f2abfd0ec132ce33494abc059eb9080845a1a4d3778a4f8c2c0f4429c687dd/18035D099943.jpg" data-mid="46609376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26f2abfd0ec132ce33494abc059eb9080845a1a4d3778a4f8c2c0f4429c687dd/18035D099943.jpg" /> <img width="2216" height="2216" width_o="2216" height_o="2216" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/377ce562a3f7c831120dd70c83bee93be3dd846f869aeabc5c7197698bddfc5a/thisisasecret.jpg" data-mid="46609365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/377ce562a3f7c831120dd70c83bee93be3dd846f869aeabc5c7197698bddfc5a/thisisasecret.jpg" /> <img width="1112" height="955" width_o="1112" height_o="955" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ceb2194bd20881027d0dc1c8830a5307a87bb202397b2d33a5d525453c6de01e/IMG_5870_ol_vm.jpg" data-mid="46609372" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ceb2194bd20881027d0dc1c8830a5307a87bb202397b2d33a5d525453c6de01e/IMG_5870_ol_vm.jpg" /> <img width="1048" height="1048" width_o="1048" height_o="1048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb1788c4264db848e2255bb628629336a4811481dc1bd687741f893ceaca61cf/16095D173650_e.jpg" data-mid="46609367" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb1788c4264db848e2255bb628629336a4811481dc1bd687741f893ceaca61cf/16095D173650_e.jpg" /> <img width="2448" height="3264" width_o="2448" height_o="3264" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04efe90915cd3e726828368613d72bacbd44f2141fa2d2e8f476ffb9f41c9472/IMG_2882_sm.jpg" data-mid="46609368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/04efe90915cd3e726828368613d72bacbd44f2141fa2d2e8f476ffb9f41c9472/IMG_2882_sm.jpg" /> <img width="1600" height="1067" width_o="1600" height_o="1067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c7c83fcb15d0cac29f5952fc75f803cc8814415d340e549e4167366a217dcd6/16095D173665.jpg" data-mid="46609371" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c7c83fcb15d0cac29f5952fc75f803cc8814415d340e549e4167366a217dcd6/16095D173665.jpg" /> <img width="2508" height="1446" width_o="2508" height_o="1446" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb6a21eb321a49fb117df04980b5ce492966ca137c17f2b28cfe21598c99597a/MFA.png" data-mid="46609360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb6a21eb321a49fb117df04980b5ce492966ca137c17f2b28cfe21598c99597a/MFA.png" /> <img width="2560" height="1376" width_o="2560" height_o="1376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/488b663faa914668bfd5bb4f3e5584ecd2a342043f0021c8e907b16ed73f4305/MFA2.png" data-mid="46609363" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/488b663faa914668bfd5bb4f3e5584ecd2a342043f0021c8e907b16ed73f4305/MFA2.png" /> https://sarahwnewman.com/workshops Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:33:26 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/workshops WORKSHOPS &amp; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPENT My methodology uses physical, accessible, and sometimes playful materials to grapple with abstract, existential challenges. Workshop topics have included: artificial intelligence, mis- and disinformation, natural disasters, economics and economic justice, the mysteries of time, social media, and the future of communication, and creativity itself.&nbsp; My creative workshops centered around questions in emerging technologies are customized for various levels of experience and understanding, and designed so that the larger the diversity of participants’ experience, the more interesting the workshop outputs. Drawing on my background in philosophy and art, my knowledge and experience as an AI researcher, and my work at metaLAB at Harvard, my creative workshops offer a novel opportunity for engagement with challenging, often intractable, topics. <img width="3010" height="1854" width_o="3010" height_o="1854" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3536627c05242690dde1c7f76a8edd308e89b8c053c798c0edb6d78cee535263/Screen-Shot-2022-07-03-at-9.32.20-PM.png" data-mid="146992579" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3536627c05242690dde1c7f76a8edd308e89b8c053c798c0edb6d78cee535263/Screen-Shot-2022-07-03-at-9.32.20-PM.png" /> Listen here for more about my workshop methodology including some pro tips!&nbsp; .&nbsp; &nbsp;<img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7bc5dc0a236da92fe513c7f664410f87e60254bcf0a8fd65f2cfb0900160af8/newman-69.jpg" data-mid="46609397" border="0" data-scale="47" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e7bc5dc0a236da92fe513c7f664410f87e60254bcf0a8fd65f2cfb0900160af8/newman-69.jpg" />.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1982" height="1416" width_o="1982" height_o="1416" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5757299b7cbe18ff7515f04c2f6102679a1be518cc9987b0994560155cfe24cb/Screen-Shot-2019-03-05-at-6.44.29-PM.png" data-mid="57634761" border="0" data-scale="44" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5757299b7cbe18ff7515f04c2f6102679a1be518cc9987b0994560155cfe24cb/Screen-Shot-2019-03-05-at-6.44.29-PM.png" /> Designed for researchers and scholars, artists, policy makers, educators, and the general public from diverse fields and perspectives (from the highly technical to not at all technical) to come together, engage, create things, and surface new insights.&nbsp; Previous workshops have been at universities (Harvard, MIT, Northeastern University, Vassar, University of Texas), conferences (SXSW, Rightscon), and for private and corporate clients.&nbsp; <img width="1984" height="1365" width_o="1984" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36ea0d0e419643b1699e4f83a28a4700c025eaf6f5e3bc9230947b713c873d44/newman-76edit.jpg" data-mid="46609396" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36ea0d0e419643b1699e4f83a28a4700c025eaf6f5e3bc9230947b713c873d44/newman-76edit.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d58ff9e41d39216514a7d47e3ce9b01eeb90ab81c557051620ad79b56b7b459/newman-126.jpg" data-mid="46609395" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d58ff9e41d39216514a7d47e3ce9b01eeb90ab81c557051620ad79b56b7b459/newman-126.jpg" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78b28c734371b50b6e5e91d9705bb805b16abca3ec9e9cb2e528cb8eb7b6cde8/newman-93.jpg" data-mid="46609398" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78b28c734371b50b6e5e91d9705bb805b16abca3ec9e9cb2e528cb8eb7b6cde8/newman-93.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/de01ad144d4067086833a390a35471af67b79506e0213b448e244f603b4ac50f/20180123_104218.jpg" data-mid="46609392" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/de01ad144d4067086833a390a35471af67b79506e0213b448e244f603b4ac50f/20180123_104218.jpg" /> https://sarahwnewman.com/info Wed, 03 Aug 2016 23:30:44 +0000 Sarah W. Newman https://sarahwnewman.com/info <img width="375" height="500" width_o="375" height_o="500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24fd73dd53ee3fb6822254cd43bc9220b3d3450b99ef8c939ad55c2131078e4f/1812IP07_-4.jpg" data-mid="46609542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/375/i/24fd73dd53ee3fb6822254cd43bc9220b3d3450b99ef8c939ad55c2131078e4f/1812IP07_-4.jpg" /> Sarah W. Newman is Director of Art &amp; Education at Harvard University’s metaLAB at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society. Her work explores the social and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence through research and teaching. Newman leads the AI Pedagogy Project, which provides guidance for educators to responsibly engage with AI, and she offers AI workshops to broad audiences. Newman is Co-founder of the Data Nutrition Project, which aims to mitigate bias in AI through tools and educational practices. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Previous honors have included: Harvard Assembly Fellow, Harvard Berkman Klein Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio AI Resident, Artist-in-Residence at Northeastern School of Law, Notre Dame Tech Ethics grant recipient, National Endowment of the Arts grant recipient, and winner of the Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity. For inquires about public speaking, professional developments, or consulting, contact: sarahnewmanstudio (at) gmail.com ︎ CV EDUCATION Rochester Institute of Technology &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; May 2012 Master of Fine Arts, Imaging Arts Washington University in St. Louis &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; May 2005 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy AWARDS &amp; HONORS Educational AI Video Winner, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, 2024 Commissioner, National Boyer Commission for the Future of Undergraduate Education, 2022-2023 Ars Electronica Award for Digital Humanity, 2022 Notre Dame Tech Ethics Lab Grantee, 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Grantee, 2021 Tech Spotlight Award, Harvard Belfer Center, 2021 AI Resident, Rockefeller Bellagio Center, 2019 Fellow, Harvard Assembly Program on the Ethics of AI, 2018, 2021 Fellow, Berkman Klein Center for Internet &amp; Society, Harvard University, 2016-2019 Fellow, metaLAB (at) Harvard, 2013-2015 PUBLICATIONS Chmielinski, K., Newman, S., et al. (2024). The CLeAR Documentation Framework for AI Transparency, Shorenstein Center, Harvard Kennedy School. Chmielinski, K., Newman, S., et al. (2023). Quality Measures for Humanitarian Data - Report, United Nations Center for Humanitarian Data. Newman, S. et al. (2023). Proposed Harvard AI Code of Conduct, metaLAB (at) Harvard The Equity-Excellence Imperative. (2022). Boyer Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education. Chmielinski, K., Newman, S., et al. (2022). The Dataset Nutrition Label (2nd Gen): Leveraging Context to Mitigate Harms in Artificial Intelligence, Neurips Workshop on Dataset Curation and Security. Luo, E. M., Newman, S., et al. (2020). MIT COVID-19 Datathon: data without boundaries, BMJ Innovations, Vol. 7, Issue 1. Newman, S. et al. (2020).&nbsp; “The Dataset Nutrition Label: A Framework to Drive Higher Data Quality Standards” (book chapter) in Data Protection and Privacy: Data Protection and Democracy. Bloomsbury. SELECT WORKSHOPS &amp; TEACHING 2025“Creative &amp; Critical Engagement with AI,” workshop for MacArthur Foundation Summer Inst.,“AI Design for Ocean Solutions,” January Term Course at Harvard Graduate School of DesignCo-author of Strategy and Implementation of AI for Johns Hopkins University/GovExAdvisor on Sage Campus course Introduction to Artificial Intelligence2024“AI Pedagogy Workshops” with Prof. Maha Bali, American University in Cairo, online Starting in ‘23:&nbsp;“Creative &amp; Critical approaches to Generative AI,” ISDI Executive Education, Harvard Starting in ‘17:&nbsp;Management and leadership workshops for the Berkman Klein Center staff, Harvard 2023 “Collaborating with AI,” January term course, Harvard Graduate School of Design“Interrogating Data for AI,” Ars Electronica Festival, Johannes Kepler University 2022 “The Technology Future We (Actually) Want,” Harvard University 2020 Hands-on Remote Workshop: Economic Justice Course, Harvard 2019&nbsp;“Which of your Values do you give to AI?” RightsCon, Tunis, Tunisia&nbsp; •&nbsp; “AI, Big Ideas, and Shiny Objects” Workshops, South by Southwest&nbsp; •&nbsp; “AI Demystification Workshop,” Capitol Factory, South by Southwest 2018 “AI, Big Ideas, and Shiny Objects” Workshops, Harvard and MIT 2017 Robots In &amp; Out of Buildings + Knowledge Design Seminar, teaching staff, Harvard Grad. School of Design"Sounds of Lesvos" Instructor, with Office of Displaced Designers, Mytilene, Grece &nbsp; 2016 Harvard Wintersession Course Instructor, “Appropriate Memories: Photography Remix Studio,” Cambridge, MA SELECT PRESS How artificial intelligence can help build real intelligence in the classroom, Harvard Law Today, 2024 metaLAB exhibition in Kansas centers voices of formerly incarcerated women, Harvard Law Today, 2022 At the intersection of art &amp; research, Sarah Newman explores how technology can teach us what it means to be human, Friends of Friends Magazine, 2021 Imagine a Life Surrounded by AI, The Harvard Gazette, 2020 SELECTED ONE- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2022-2023 How the Light Gets In, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS 2021 The Future of Secrets, Munich, Germany2020 Moral Labyrinth 2020, in collaboration with designer Jenny Fan. Supported by Northeastern University School of Law, Virtual2019 The Future of Secrets, Northeastern University, Boston, MAThe Myth of Agency, Monash University Center Prato, ItalyMoral Labyrinth at WeRobot (with Jessica Fjeld), University of Miami, FL 2018 "The Future of Secrets," with Jessica Yurkofsky and Rachel Kalmar, South by Southwest, Austin 2017 "Nobody's Listening", with Rachel Kalmar, Harvard Art Museums Lightbox Gallery 2016 “Your Story Has Touched My Heart,” with Matthew Battles, video installation, Lightbox Gallery, Harvard Art Museums 2015 “Homage to a Future Self,” Indiana Wesleyan Art Gallery, Marion, Indiana 2015 “Feral Trees,” Lightbox Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA 2013 “På Våg: Through the City,” University Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY 2013 “Passing Place” pop-up show, Motel 6, North Platte, NE 2013 “Long the Path,” Galleri Breadfield, Malmö, Sweden 2012 “Between Lines” Installation, Sunken Gallery, Wallace Library, RIT, NY 2011 “Through Place,” MFA Thesis Exhibition, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY 2011 “Between Rivers: Sarah Newman and Virginia Pfau,” Innovation Gallery, RIT, NY 2007 “Grounds for Play,” Glogauer Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2007 “PLAY,” in collaboration with Anna Elise Johnson, Glogauer Studios, Berlin, Germany 2005 “Sarah Newman Photography,” The 200 Building, Miami, FL 2005 “How the Egg Split” Installation, Maryland Institute College of Art, J. Bank Building SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2022 “All the Things I Know and Don’t Know” in Living by Protocol, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA 2019 The Myth of Agency, Monash University in Prato, Italy &amp; Mozfest, London, UK 2018 Moral Labyrinth, Mozfest, Ravensbourne University, London 2018 The Future of Secrets, Digital Cultures Conference, Warsaw, Poland 2018 Moral Labyrinth, Ars Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria 2018 Moral Labyrinth in Machine Experience II, Rainbow Unicorn, Berlin 2017 Secrets (my inner voice is a robot), Hacking Arts, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge 2017 Nobody's Listening, Harvard Art Museums, and Selfie ESC Rome 2017 Republica Berlin, The Future of Secrets installation 2017 Republica Berlin, IF BY WATER video installation 2016 "TRUST (the presence of secrets)," Museum of Fine Arts Boston, mfaNOW Overnight Series, with Jessica Yurkofsky 2016 “Not to Be Played,” Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University 2015 “A Bit in the Abyss,” Installation, Iluminus Arts Festival, Boston, MA 2015 “Long the Path,” Video Installation, Form and Design Center, Malmö, Sweden and University Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology 2014 “På Våg: Through the City,” Malmö University Symposium, Malmö, Sweden 2014 “Home,” Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA 2014 “Infringing the Law,” Glitch Gallery, Boston, MA 2014 “Framework,” Faultline Art Space, Oakland, California 2012 “Biotic Semiotics,” Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI 2012 “Gallery r Benefit Auction,” Dyer Center of the Arts, Rochester, NY 2011 “ImageArt,” Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY 2010 “Porch,” Hungerford Gallery, Rochester, NY 2009 “SF Camerawork Annual Benefit Auction,” San Francisco, CA 2009 “Converge,” SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY 2008 “12,5” Kunstverien Ingan Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2008 “Childhood Utopia/Dystopia," GFL Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2007 “Chicks, Flicks, and Automobiles,” Industrielle Gallery, Oakland, CA 2006 “ArtFutura 2006 Exhibition,” American Medical Association, Chicago, IL 2006 “Twenty-Three Resolutions,” MICA Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD 2000 “The Scholastic Art Awards National Exhibition,” The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; The Corning Gallery at Steuben, NY; Miami Art Museum, FL ARTIST LECTURES 2018 "Understanding Ourselves and AI through Art" Digital Cultures Conference, Warsaw, Poland 2018 "AI + Art", Symposium on the Future of Work and Society, North Shore Country Day School, Illinois 2018 AI + Art HIIG, Berlin 2018 SXSW AI + Art Panel 2018 SXSW Artist Panel 2017 MIT Open Documentary Lab 2017 Artist talk, Roma Tre Univ 2017 Univ of the Agean 2017 Frei Univ Berlin 2017 Potsdam University 2016 Digital Humanities Panel Speaker, Office of Scholarly Communication, Harvard University 2016 “Your Story Has Touched My Heart,” film screening, talk and roundtable (with Matthew Battles, Kate Palmer Albers, Barbara Norfleet, and Jeffrey Schnapp), Menschel Hall, Harvard Art Museums 2016 “Your Story Has Touched My Heart,” Artist Talks (with Matthew Battles), Lightbox Gallery, Harvard Art Museums 2016 “The Future of Secrets” Workshop, (with Marshall Lambert), as part of the Digital Problem Solving Initiative, Berkman Center for Internet and Society 2015 Artist Talk, Indiana Wesleyan University 2015 Artist Talk, House of Blues, Illuminus Arts Festival, Boston, MA 2014 Digitally Connected Symposium: MAKE workshops, Harvard University, MA 2014 Media, Art, and Knowledge Engaged: Digitally Connected Mapping Danger youth workshop, Cambridge, MA 2013 Artist Talk, RIT-Malmö Univ. Symposium, “På väg,” University Gallery, NY 2013 Artist Talk, “Long the Path,” Rochester Institute of Technology, New York 2012 Faculty Research Seminar: “Long the Path.” Dept. of Urban Studies, Malmö, Sweden 2012 Artist Talk, Galleri Breadfield, Malmö, Sweden 2012 Artist Talk, Department of Art, Culture, &amp; Communication, Malmö University, Sweden 2012 Presenter, “Through Place: Ecology &amp; Culture,” Popular Culture Assoc. Conference, Boston, MA 2012 Artist Talk, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Youngstown State University, Ohio 2011 “Through Place,” MFA Public Thesis Defense, SPAS Gallery, Rochester, NY 2011 “Ceci n’est pas une nature” presentation, Int’l Assoc. for Philosophy of Sport, NY 2011 Artist talk and Panel, “Between Rivers,” Innovation Gallery, RIT, NY 2010 Presenter, “Recreation: A Photographic Exploration of Land Use for Leisure,” School of Visual Arts Annual Conference, New York, NY