Sarah Sher

Sarah Sher is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Historic Preservation program at Columbia GSAPP and an associate at Higgins Quasebarth & Partners, a leading preservation consulting firm based in NYC. Her work at HQ is wide-ranging from small restoration projects requiring extensive historic documentation and on-site assessment, to new buildings that affect the built environment on an urban scale. Prior to joining HQ, Sher was the Jewish Heritage Program Associate at World Monuments Fund. She has lectured at national and international conferences on topics relating to conservation and adaptive re-use of historic buildings.

Sher holds an M.S. in Historic Preservation and B.A. in the History and Theory of Architecture from Columbia University.