Sarah Newman is a researcher, educator, and creative working at the intersection of AI, ethics, education, and the arts.
Newman is Director of the AI Pedagogy Project, an open-access educational initiative that helps educators engage AI thoughtfully and responsibly in their teaching. The project’s materials and resources are widely adopted and cited by institutions of higher education, public interest organizations, and governmental bodies.
She also leads the Public AI Summit, a free, online event designed to make AI knowledge accessible to broad public audiences. Newman is additionally an Assistant Professor of Education at Western Norway University, where she teaches on AI in education. She also co-founded the Data Nutrition Project, a nonprofit focused on improving transparency in data-driven systems.
Her work broadly asks how AI systems both shape and are shaped by our values, institutions, and everyday experiences. Across her work, Newman integrates collaborative research, curriculum design, and public programming to create opportunities for people to critically and creatively engage with technology.
Trained in philosophy and imaging arts (BA, Washington University in St. Louis; MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology), she develops practical tools and inclusive learning experiences for a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Her work has been recognized with numerous honors, including being named a 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.
