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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Reed College, Portland OR Sep 2020 - May 2024

  • Major: Biology and Art major

  • Thesis: Enfolding Liveliness–Invoking Bacteriophage Therapy for More-Than-Human Kinships

 

Research Experience
Lab/Studio Manager, Reed College, Portland OR

Jun 2024 - Present

  • Studio/Lab of Dr. Juniper Harrower. 

  • Researching Joshua tree roots and fungal composite material and writing publications. 

  • Managing lab/studio organization, maintenance, expenses, and communications. 

  • Supporting Dr. Harrower’s curriculum development and instruction. 

Visiting Researcher, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven CT

Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  • Lab of Dr. Joan Steitz. 

  • Researched the capacity of specific ENEs—elements in the non-coding 3' end of RNAs—to hybridize with poly-A tails in vitro. ENEs could be utilized in viral vaccine development by providing stability to RNA vaccines while they act within the host's cells. 

Intern, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York NY

Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Lab of Dr. Robert Froemke. 

  • Contributed to the design of and executed experiments testing the modulation of maternal behavior, such as pup retrieval, by the neuromodulator oxytocin. 

 

Experience

Educational Outreach Intern, Cooley Gallery, Reed College, Portland OR Sep

2021 - May 2024

  • Taught workshops on calligraphy, lettering, and handwriting at local elementary schools. 

  • Devised and executed creative ways to spread calligraphy about campus. 

  • Attended, assisted with, and promoted weekly Scriptorium meetings. 

Studio Assistant, Gather:Make:Shelter, Portland OR Jun

2022 - Aug 2022

  • Supported weekly workshops for local artists experiencing houselessness. 

  • Assisted with the production of artists’ works. 

  • Ran a calligraphy workshop for the artists. 

  • Planned a fundraiser event. 

Permaculture Farm Assistant, Shakefork Community Farm, Carlotta CA

Aug 2021

Host/Server, Alden and Harlow Restaurant, Somerville MA Jan 2020 -

Mar 2020

Work-Trade Intern, Harvard Ceramics Program, Somerville MA

Jan 2020 - Mar 2020

  • Cleaning, recycling clay, firing. 

Host, Ragtrader Restaurant, New York NY Jul 2019 -

Sep 2019

 

Publications

Harrower, J. Lethin, H. Hastings, D. (In progress) Artistic Excavations: Joshua tree roots and their more-than-human relations. Submitting to Ecology and Society

Harrower, J., Lethin, H. (Submitted) A Minimally Invasive Excavation of Joshua Tree Roots. California Department of Fish and Wildlife

Harrower, J., Lethin, H., Zaffrann, K., Cabrera, J., Cheuk, Y., Clymore, H., … (2024) Field Guide Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: Zine Edition. Harrower Studio. 

Lethin, H. (2023) BREW. Bioteque Press. 

Lethin, H. (2023) Coffee with Andre. Snaggletooth Magazine, 11, 31. 

Carcea, I., Caraballo, N. L., Marlin, B. J., Ooyama, R., Riceberg, J. S., Mendoza Navarro, J. M., Lethin, H.,  ... & Froemke, R. C. (2021). Oxytocin neurons enable social transmission of maternal behaviour. Nature, 596(7873), 553-557. 

 

Exhibitions

Bloom Show, Portland, OR

Jun 2025

Environmental Art Exhibition, Curator, Reed College, Portland OR

Apr 2025

Student Satellite Exhibition, Curator, Reed College, Portland OR

Nov 2024 - Jan 2025

  • With Getty PST: Art & Science Collide

Group Exhibition, Contributor, Prime Desert Woodland Preserve, Lancaster CA

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

  • With Getty PST: Art & Science Collide

Desert Forest Exhibition, Contributor, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster CA

Sep 2024 - Dec 2024

  • With Getty PST: Art & Science Collide

Group Thesis Show, Contributor, Reed College, Portland OR May 2024

 

Honors and Awards
Phi Beta Kappa

May 2024
Commendation for Excellence in Scholarship, Reed College

2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

  • Issued by the Office of the President to the top 25% students. 

Summer Opportunity Fellowship Award, Reed College

Apr 2023

  • Granted by the Center for Life Beyond Reed to support my research at the Steitz Lab. 

Art Internship Award, Reed College

May 2022

  • Granted by the Art Department to support my internship at Gather:Make:Shelter. 

 

Additional Professional Experiences

Virtual Panelist, Ventura College, Ventura CA

Feb 2025

  • Organized by Womxn in Stem and S:AIL in Stem to discuss careers in research. 

Travel Logistics Coordinator

Oct 2024

  • Coordinated travel logistics in advance and on the ground for a 16-person, week long, art and science research trip to LA for Reed College students. 

Square Dance Event Planner, Reed College, Portland OR

Apr, Nov 2023, Mar 2024

  • Organized community square dances with live music. 

 

Skills

  • Chinese Language, proficient

  • Art: drawing, ceramics, sewing, zines, comics, life drawing, animation, natural dying, fungal composite material, advanced calligraphy

  • Laboratory: PAGE, radioactive isotopes, light microscopy, pipetting, culturing, media preparation, PCR, qPCR, gel electrophoresis 

  • Ecological: Ecosystem monitoring, restoration management, propagation, cultivation

  • Computer: R Studio, Excel, literature searching, word processing, Adobe Suite 

  • Leadership: Group decision making styles, conflict management, motivation, problem solving, enthusiasm, event planning

  • Accounting: Purchase card, purchase orders, receipt reconciling

 

Additional Experience
Independent Bike Tour, Portland, OR to San Francisco, CA

Jul 2021

NOLS Fall Semester in Patagonia, Coyhaique, Chile

Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

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