About me
Dr. Sarah C. Hutton (she/her/ella) is an academic research librarian, educator, and data analyst whose work spans open education, governance frameworks, organizational theory, and strategic planning. At the Lamar Soutter Library at UMass Chan Medical School, she supports multi-institution clinical teams in evidence synthesis and advances research and teaching in environmental justice. She also serves as a faculty research fellow at UMass Amherst’s School of Public Policy and is a technical advisor to the Internet of Production, focusing her scholarship on the intersections of climate change, environmental impact, public health, and community capacity building for resilience through open knowledge sharing. She joined Massachusetts’ Open and Low-Cost Educational Resources Advisory Council in 2024, where she currently chairs the Strategic Planning Committee.