Resume 2025
SARAH KENNEY PROFESSIONAL CV
Education
Experience
University Of Tennessee | College of Architecture + Design
Master of Landscape Architecture
Master of Architecture
University Of Pittsburgh, Honors Program | College of General Studies
Bachelor of Natural Sciences, concentrations Biology, Chemistry, Physics Minors, History + Religious Studies
Licensure, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
Studio Link-Arc. | New York, New York, Summer 2023-Current Junior Architect (Competition Team), Current Research Lead (Green Roofs in New York City), Current Architectural Intern, 6 months
The Aydelott Foundation | Italy, Vietnam, France, Iceland, Summer 2022
Fellow, Architecture Research: Water-Based Reciprocity Between Architecture and Landscape
Robinson, Anderson, Summers Inc. | Media, Pennsylvania, Summer 2021 Intern, Landscape Architecture Designer
University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee, Summer 2020
Landscape Architecture Researcher
Digital Fabrication Labratory | Knoxville, Tennessee, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021
Fabrication Assistant, Programming for CNC Router, Laser Cutter, Water Jet Cutter, 3D Printer
University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020-2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Representation II, Spring 2023
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Landscape Theory, Fall 2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Histories and Theories II, Fall 2021
Graduate Research Assistant, The Garden in the Machine, Spring 2020
Community Action Coalition (CAC) - AmeriCorp | Knoxville, Tennessee, Summer 2018 - Summer 2019
Urban Agriculture Coordinator, Knoxville Community Action Coalition (CAC)
Sarah Kenney Floral + Landscape Design | Manhattan, New York, Spring 2016 - Summer 2018
Sole Proprietor, Weekly Clients, Landscape Designs, and Event Production
Sprout - Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York, Winter 2018 - Summer 2018
Senior Designer, Elite Floral Design Studio Specializing in Dutch Master Style
Rosehip Social | Brooklyn, New York, Fall 2016 - Winter 2018
Senior Designer, Elite Floral Design Studio Specializing in Events
Community Health Services (CHS) Food Bank | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fall 2014 - Spring 2016
Project Intern, Native Garden Design for Largest Food Bank in Pittsburgh
University Of Pittsburgh Library System | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fall 2012 - Spring 2016
Library Assistant, Chemistry and Business Libraries
Design Competitions
Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority: From Dreams to Rail-ity | Spring 2024
Studio Link-Arc--New York
2nd Prize for Innovative Adaptive Reuse Design
Energy/Solar Garden Design Competition | Winter 2024
Private Submission
1st Prize, Construction to Begin 2025
Shanghai International School Competition | Fall 2023
Studio Link-Arc--New York
2rd Prize for Innovative School Design
Awards
Fulbright Scholarship, Study/Research Award Finalist | U.S. Department of State, 2023
International Academic Competition
Faculty Award of Design Excellence | Spring 2023
College of Architecture, Faculty Vote for Thesis Prize
CriticalMass National Graduate Research Symposium | Spring 2023
University Representative, Awarded to the Most Provocative Graduate Architecture Thesis
Chancellor’s Fellowship | University of Tennessee, 2019 - 2023 For Promising Incoming Graduate Student
Ewing Writing Competition | Ewing Gallery, Winter 2023 + Winter 2021
2nd Place: Irreducible Pilgrimage, Liquidity and Danger at Mont Saint Michel
Honorable Mention: Wonder, Surprise, Admiration: Analysis Using Adam Smith’s History of Astronomy
Aydelott Travel Award | The Aydelott Foundation, Summer 2022
$20,000 Architecture Research Travel Grant
Spring 2022 Special Fellowship | University of Tennessee, Spring 2022
All University, Awarded by the Vice Provost with the Dean of the Graduate School
Graduate Assistantship Award | University of Tennessee, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022
Three time recipient, Departmental Recognition
Don Tinsley Estate Travel Research Award | Don Tinsley Estate, Winter 2019
$3250 Landscape Research Travel Grant
Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023
International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal
Global Regionalism: Strange Landscapes of Floriculture | Guest Lecture, Spring 2023
Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee
SARAH KENNEY PROFESSIONAL CV
Publications + Papers Sustainable Schools: Patterns and Policies of New York City’s Green Roof Trend | Fall 2024
Oculus Magazine, First Author
Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023
II International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal
Liquid Luxury: Systemic Design in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon Geothermal Baths | August 2022
Aydelott Fellowship, Blaa Ionio, Iceland
Vietnamese Liquidity: Amphibious Approaches to Floor Tolerant Housing | July 2022
Aydelott Fellowship, Can Tho, Vietnam
Irredicible Pilgrimage: Liquidity and Danger at Mont Saint Michel | July 2022
Aydelott Fellowship, Normandy, France
The Art of Utility: Water , Urbanism, and Aesthetics in Rome’s Acqua Vergine | June 2022
Aydelott Fellowship, Rome, Italy
Ewing Writing Competition | Ewing Gallery, Winter 2023 + Winter 2021
2nd Place: Mont Saint Michel: Landscapes of Danger, Landscapes of Light
Honorable Mention: Wonder, Surprise, Admiration: Analysis Using Adam Smith’s History of Astronomy
Exhibitions
Conspicuous Absence: Green Roofs and New York City’s Schools | New York, New York, 2025
Exhibition Curator, Prospective 2025
Birds of a Feather | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020
Featured Artist
Leadership
AIA NY Social Science and Architecture | New York, New York, 2024-Current Committee Member
Executive Committee - Graduate Student Senate | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020-2022, Fundraising Chair - MLA/MArch Representative
Food Policy Council - City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2018-2019, Fundraising Chair - MLA/MArch Representative
Urban Agriculture Club | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2014-2016 President
Lectures + Workshops Green Roof: Round Table Open Forum | Public Lecture/Engagement, Summer 2024
Open Forum for Discussion regarding Design and Policy of NYC Green Roofs
Landscape, for Architects | Workshop, Spring 2024
Internal Lecture and Workshop, Studio Link-Arc
Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023
International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal
Global Regionalism: Strange Landscapes of Floriculture | Guest Lecture, Spring 2023
Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee
Liquid Architecture | Public Lecture, Fall 2022
College of Architecture + Design, University of Tennessee
Introduction to ArcGIS Pro | Workshop Instructor, Fall 2021
Undergraduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee
SoLA Bootcamp: Summer Intensive Workshop | Workshop Instructor, Summer 2020
Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, University of Tennessee
The Tennessee Valley Authority: Industrial Forestry in the Tennessee Valley | Guest Lecture, Summer 2020
Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee
Plant Meadows, Not Lawns | Conference Presenter, Spring 2019
Smoky Mountains Home and Garden Conference
Flower Foraging + Wildflower Bouquet Design | Workshop Instructor, Summer 2018
Glacier National Park, Alaska, Welcome Center