Victoria M. Sterling
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Innovation Assocate, PNC XI (2024)
Project Manager, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History & Philosophy of Science (2018-2023)
Project Manager, Smart Contract Research Forum (SCRF) (2021-2022)
Communications Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh, Office of Research Protections (2016-2018)
Intern, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History of Art & Architecture (Spring 2016)

Second Place for Bowling Green’s Public Philosophy Video Contest, 2023
Certificate of Leadership by the Global Shapers Community, 2020
Rowan Writing Award Finalist, 2016
University of Pittsburgh Dean’s List, 2012-2016

Member of the Global Shapers Pittsburgh (World Economic Forum) (2019-present)
Curator of the Global Shapers Pittsburgh (WEF) (2020-2021)
Vice Curator of the Global Shapers Pittsburgh (WEF) (2019-2020)
Board Member of PGH Museums 501(c)3 (2020-2022)
Secretary of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, University of Pittsburgh (2016-2018)

Invited Reader of Pittsburgh Zine Fair Reading (2024)
University of Pittsburgh Data Ethics Across Disciplines “Global Perspectives on Ethical Data Management” (Ruth Mostern, Victoria Sterling, Stephen Wludarski) (2024)
GPNP Summit 2019: “BurghMeetsWorld: Together we determine how Pittsburgh meets the world”  (Kenny Chen, Nathan Darity, Sara Noel, Itha Cao, Victoria Sterling) (2019)
History of Art & Architecture Annual Symposium (2016)

Advisory Board of Pittsburgh Indie Exposition (2024-present)
Co-organizer of Pittsburgh Zine Fair (2023-present)
Co-Organizer of the PS immersive music series (2023-present)
Organizer of the Geography of Philosophy Project’s 3-Day Final Conference (2023)
Organizer of the Global Shapers Annual Retreat (2020)
Member organizer of the BurghMeetsWorld event series (Global Shapers Pittsburgh, Neighborhood Allies) (2019-2020)
Organizer and Weekly Host of SipNSketch Pittsburgh (2017-2018)
PR Intern for Cirque du Soleil State College (Markowitz Communications) (2014) 

Volunteer for the Pittsburgh Art Book Fair (2023)
Assistant for the East End Entrepreneur’s Spring & Fall Socials (2018-2019)
Special Events at the Carnegie Museum of Art (2016-2018)
Host for slowdanger’s body I & II Release Party (X)
Assistant for Material Worlds Fashion Show (2017)
Host for FEAST for the Hélio Oiticica gallery opening (2017)
Usher for TEDxPittsburgh (2016)
Host of (weekly) Pitt ARTS Artful Wednesdays Series (2012-2013)

PS3 Art Installation at Seafoam (2023)
Strange Enchantments Group Exhibit at Black Forge Coffee (2018)
Stories Untold Group Exhibit at William Pitt Student Union Building (2016)
Frick Fine Arts Student Exhibit (2016)

Writer, Editor, Storyboard, Voice for the Cross Cultural X-Phi YouTube Series (2022-2023)
Host & Editor for “Meet the GPP” YoutTube Series (2020-2021)
Photographer of the Geography of Philosophy Project’s Final Conference (2023)
Photographer of the Geography of Philosophy Project’s Peru Workshop in Lima (2019)
Webmaster of the Geography of Philosophy Project’s geographyofphilosophy.com (2018-2023)
Webmaster of Geography of Philosophy Project’s go-philosophy.com (2018-2023)
Webmaster of the Pitt Feminist Philosophy Reading Group pghfeministphilosophy.wordpress.com (2019)
Copyeditor for Style412 Annual Report (Issuu) (2016-2017)
Editorial Assistant of Contemporaneity: Historical Presence in Visual Culture: Volume V (2016)

“Q&A with Hannah Colen.” Petrichor Magazine, 2025.
“SUPERCELL.” Pages of Petrichor, Emma Riva, 2024, pp. 88-91.
 “experiencing: slowdanger’s SUPERCELL.” Petrichor Magazine, 2024.
Art of Life with Windows 95.” Medium.com, March, 2017.
involveMINT Refreshed Volunteerism is Pittsburgh” LOCALPittsburgh, December 21, 2017.