Jiwen Fan is a Research Associate at The Center for Architectural Conservation. She holds a Master of Science in Historic Preservation with a concentration in architectural conservation from the Weitzman School of Design. Jiwen has been involved with the Center for Architectural Conservation since 2023, initially as a student researcher, where she takes part in projects focused on baseline documentation and assessment methodologies for archaeological sites in the American Southwest.
Jiwen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Anthropological Archaeology from Macalester College, Minnesota. Prior to attending graduate school, she interned as a conservation assistant at the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage, working on the Shakyamuni Pagoda of Fogong Temple in Shanxi. Her passion for ancient building techniques and materials drives her focus on the study of earthen and stone masonry. Her graduate thesis explored the use of biological materials to enhance soil-based shelter coats for archaeological earthen structures.
