| 2003-2009 Freelance |
| 1992-2003 Associate Professor, University van Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| 1987-1992 Assistant Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
| 1986-1987 Curator and Lecturer, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| 1983-1984 Lecturer, State University of Leiden, Netherlands |
| Niessen, Sandra, 2009. Legacy in cloth: Batak textiles of Indonesia. Leiden: KITLV Press and Oosterbeek: Bergoord Publications. pp. 568, ills. 900. |
| Niessen, Sandra (ed), 2009. Rita Bolland, Curator of textiles. Tropenmuseum Bulletin 388, Amsterdam: KIT Publishers. pp. 88. |
| Niessen, Sandra, forthcoming (2010) Interpreting Civilization through Dress in the first international (10-volume) Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion Vol 8: West Europe, Part I: Overview of Dress and Fashion in West Europe. Oxford: Berg Publishers. 4,000 words. |
| Niessen, Sandra, forthcoming (2010). Batak Textiles In: Paths of Origins: Austronesia in the Collections of The National Museum of the Philippines, The Museum Nasional Indonesia and The Netherlands Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Purissima Benitez-Johannot (Editor). Singapore/Manila: ArtpostAsia. Two-page spread. |
| Niessen, Sandra, 2008. Les Étoffes Batak: L’Histoire de Deux Cultures In: Au Nord de sumatra Les Batak. Milan: 5 Continents Editions and Paris: Musée du Quai Branly. pp. 55–71. |
| Niessen, S., Leshkowich, A.M and. Jones, C., 2003. Re-Orienting Fashion: The Globalization of Asian Dress. Oxford: Berg Publishers. pp. 283 |
| See a list of all publications |
| See Guest lectures and symposium presentations |
| Collection documentation: |
| Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| Bronbeek Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands |
| Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Field Collection: |
| In Mexico, Japan and Indonesia for Department of Human Ecology Study Collection, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. |
| Exhibitions: |
| 2007 The Gardener's House in the Heart of Oosterbeek / Het Tuinmanshuisje in het hart van Oosterbeek. DeBieb, Oosterbeek, Netherlands |
| 2006 Woven Worlds / Wereld van Weefsels. Tropenmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Research: |
| Association for the Study and Documentation of Textiles of Asia, Paris, France |
| Education Museum, The Hague, Netherlands |
| Tropenmuseum, Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Museum of Ethnology, Basel, Switzerland |
| Quai Branly Museum, Paris |
| Museum of Natural History, Anthropology Department, University of Florence, Italy |
| Nusantara Museum, Delft, Netherlands |
| American Museum of Natural History, New York |
| South Asian Department, Ethnological Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Ethnological Museum, Hamburg, Germany |
| Museum of World Cultures, Frankfurt, Germany |
| Rautenstrauch Joest Ethnographic Museum, Cologne, Germany |
| National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden, Netherlands |
| Archive and Museum Foundation, United Evangelical Mission, Wuppertal, Germany |
| World Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
