Sara E. Wermiel

Historian and Professor

Sara E. Wermiel is an independent scholar, historic preservation consultant, and teacher. Her research focuses on nineteenth century building technology, construction history, building types, and industrialization. She currently teaches Preservation Planning in the Preservation Studies Program at Boston University.

Wermiel received a B.A. from Oberlin College; a professional degree in urban planning from Hunter College, City University of New York; and a PhD in urban history and history of technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the treasurer of the Southern New England Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archeology.