Sarah is the Director of Communications at the College of Environmental Design. Her role includes the organization and management of internal and external communications, digital strategy, brand control and campaign management. For any media or communications requests, please email Sarah directly. 

Sarah Fullerton joins the College of Environmental Design as the Director of Communications under the Office of the Dean. Prior to joining CED, Sarah served as the Associate Director of Communications for the Arts + Design Initiative at UC Berkeley under Associate Vice Chancellor Shannon Jackson. She also supported the launch of Discovery communications for the Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Catherine Koshland. During her time at Cal so far, Sarah has worked on major award-winning and campus-wide projects. In 2017, Sarah co-taught a capstone course with campus CTO William Allison, which culminated in the development and launch of the first ever Arts Passport app and program—a platform that provides all students free and subsidized arts experiences in the Bay Area. Similarly, she is one of the founding members of the campus’ ITAIC Committee, which helps to lead the campus effort in aligning mobile platforms. Before joining academia, Sarah was the Communications and Development Manager at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.  

Sarah has a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, a Bachelors Degree in Art History and Visual Culture and a Masters Degree in Art History and Visual Culture with a specialization in 16th Century Northern Italian portraiture.