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Faculty + Staff

Sarah
Dreller
Adjunct Faculty

I am a Chicago-area architectural historian, digital humanist, and educator specializing in the history of the U.S. built environment from the 1780s through the 1980s. I also have an award-wining professional background in historic preservation project management as well as a demonstrable record of proactive equity-focused decision-making.

I am a qualified Architectural Historian under the United States Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards 36 CFR Appendix A to Part 61(c). As a public service to my community, I am a member of the City of Evanston’s Preservation Commission.

I also own a landmarked farmhouse and spend much of my free time trying to make careful stewardship decisions about the building and its related landscape. I especially enjoy being active outside and discovering creative combinations of art and science.


Degrees
Ph.D. – Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago
MArchHist – Architectural History, University of Virginia
BA – International Affairs (history & economics), Florida State University

Certificates
Editing Certificate – Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, University of Chicago
International Certificate of Spanish Language – Philology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Studio Coursework, University of South Florida
architectural design, theory, and materials & methods – School of Architecture & Community Design
photography – School of Art

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.