Background

Sarah earned B.A. degrees in History and English from Michigan State University in 2001, and is currently a PhD candidate specializing in late nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. history.  Her research interests include popular culture, travel/tourism, women's history, and material culture. She completed her MA at William & Mary in 2003, with a Master's Thesis titled "They've All Come to Look for America: Constructing Self and Nation in Women's Travel Narratives 1870-1890," and is now in the midst of a dissertation examining cultural identity and tourism in the mid-twentieth century U.S.  Sarah taught History 122: the U.S. since 1877, in the fall of 2005 at William & Mary, and has spent four summers as an instructor with the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD) Pre-collegiate program (through which she has honed her 12 passenger van driving skills).  This year, she will be working in the History Writing Resource Center.