Sarah Dryden

Dr. Sarah Dryden is an Associate Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University, where she teaches on the BA (Hons) SFX Props and Modelmaking for Film and TV program. Prior to joining in 2021, she served for 18 years as Course Leader and Senior Lecturer in Interior Design at Solent University, establishing a strong academic background in art and design education.

Her research centers on domestic architecture and its mediated representation in film, exploring intersections of space, landscape, climate, and gender politics. With a PhD from University of the Arts London (Chelsea), her work bridges academic inquiry and artistic practice, particularly through stills photography and multimedia art. She has exhibited widely across the Western United States and Europe, contributing to both scholarly and artistic discourses on domestic environments.

Dr. Dryden has been recognized for her teaching excellence, receiving the Dissertation Tutor of the Year award twice at Solent University. Her unique research access to post-1965 sealed ghost town interiors highlights her distinctive contribution to heritage and spatial studies.

• Dissertation Tutor of the Year (awarded twice at Solent University)

She has supervised numerous dissertation students across art and design disciplines, though specific names are not listed. Her interdisciplinary approach connects design education with film, history, and cultural theory. Her work has not been tied to formal grants in the provided text, but her international exhibitions suggest external engagement and recognition.

Dr. Dryden's creative and scholarly practice functions as a research laboratory in itself, operating through photographic documentation, archival access, and multimedia presentation, particularly in the context of abandoned domestic spaces and their cultural narratives.