Molly Steenson
Education
University of Minnesota
, Fellow, Charles Babbage Institute -
Princeton University
PhD, Architecture -
Yale University
Master of Environmental Design, Architectural history, history of technology -
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Arts - BA, German Language and Literature -Work Experience
American Swedish Institute
Current
American Swedish Institute
Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Minnesota
Current
Honorary Consulate of Sweden in Minnesota
Concordia Language Villages
Current
Concordia Language Villages
Glen Nelson Center at American Public Media Group
Current
Glen Nelson Center at American Public Media Group
Carnegie Mellon University
2015-08-01 - 2025-06-01
Carnegie Mellon University
IxDA
2016-04-01 - 2018-02-01
IxDA
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013-01-01 - 2015-08-01
University of Wisconsin-Madison
HUMlab, Umeå University
2011-01-01 - 2014-01-01
HUMlab, Umeå University
Girlwonder Productions
1996-01-01 - 2013-01-01
Girlwonder Productions
ArtCenter College of Design
2010-09-01 - 2012-04-01
ArtCenter College of Design
Skills
Summary
Dr. Molly Wright Steenson is the President & CEO of the American Swedish Institute, a vibrant and long-standing museum and cultural center in Minneapolis. She is an internationally recognized author, historian, and keynote speaker whose work focuses on the intersection of AI, design, architecture, and ethics. Molly is the author of Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Designed the Digital Landscape (MIT Press, 2017), which traces a 70 year history of AI, design and architecture and the co-editor of Bauhaus Futures (MIT Press, 2019). She also writes about the history of pneumatic tubes and is collaborating on a live performance lecture and musical piece about them. Molly was a tenured associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and led the university's faculty affairs as Vice Provost for Faculty, and Senior Associate Dean for Research in the College of Fine Arts. She received the inaugural K&L Gates Associate Professorship in Ethics & Computational Technologies, and held a home appointment in the School of Design and affiliation with the School of Architecture. Prior to CMU, she was an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, and an associate professor at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in Italy, a groundbreaking design school in the early 2000s. She holds a PhD in architecture from Princeton University and a master's in architectural history & theory from Yale. As a web and founding pioneer of UX and interaction design, Molly has worked with the web since 1994 at Fortune 500 companies, consulting firms and innovative startups.
