Sarah is an Assistant Professor of English at Maryville College near the Smoky Mountains in East Tennessee. She completed her PhD and MA in English at the University of Tennessee and her BA in English at the University of South Carolina- Aiken. Her dissertation, titled, “The Medievalish McCarthy: Medieval Afterlives in Appalachian Literature,” interrogates how Cormac McCarthy employs medieval references in his first five novels: The Orchard Keeper, Outer Dark, Child of God, Suttree, and Blood Meridian. She also works in the Digital Humanities and has several digital projects in process.

Sarah teaches literature classes ranging from early medieval to Shakespeare, as well as Appalachian literature. She also teaches first-year English composition classes and has taught professional and public writing in the past.

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