Prairie View A&M University

English Program Coordinator

Scheduled 60+ courses per term for 12-15 instructors, oversaw assessment for the core curriculum and English B.A., and advised English majors / minors on course selection and career planning.

Prairie View A&M University

Associate Professor of English

Taught freshman composition, technical writing, British literature, literary theory, and writing for electronic media at the B.A. level and pedagogy and literature at the M.A. level. Specialist in eLearning.

Prairie View A&M University

Assistant Professor of English

Sarah worked at Prairie View A&M University as a Assistant Professor of English

Renton Technical College

Dean of General Education & Transfer

I currently oversee professional-technical programs in accounting, business, and medical office / billing and coding. I also coordinate all general education offerings at RTC for associate degree completion, BAS completion, and transfer degrees in business, pre-nursing, and, effective January 2020, computer science.

From July 2016 to August 2019, I also had administrative responsibilities for two- and four-year programs in computer science and computer network technology. I have been re-assigned to work on accreditation in preparation for the 2020 NWCCU Year 7 report and visit.

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"How Masculinity Plays: Effects of Musicianship in the 1995 Film Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility"

Persuasions Online 28.1

The most talented female musicians in Jane Austen's novels suffer emotional trauma, while her male musicians tend to be deceptive cads. The 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, however, reverses this trend for the character of Colonel Brandon, whose new musical leanings make him a more attractive suitor for Marianne Dashwood.

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"How Masculinity Plays: Effects of Musicianship in the 1995 Film Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility"

Persuasions Online 28.1

The most talented female musicians in Jane Austen's novels suffer emotional trauma, while her male musicians tend to be deceptive cads. The 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, however, reverses this trend for the character of Colonel Brandon, whose new musical leanings make him a more attractive suitor for Marianne Dashwood.

"Vamps and Camp: Sci-Fi Television Mocks the Monstrous Texan"

Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, 14.1

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"How Masculinity Plays: Effects of Musicianship in the 1995 Film Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility"

Persuasions Online 28.1

The most talented female musicians in Jane Austen's novels suffer emotional trauma, while her male musicians tend to be deceptive cads. The 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, however, reverses this trend for the character of Colonel Brandon, whose new musical leanings make him a more attractive suitor for Marianne Dashwood.

"Vamps and Camp: Sci-Fi Television Mocks the Monstrous Texan"

Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, 14.1

"Kicking Cinderella Out of Mango Street: Fairy Tales, Mexican Folklore, and the Fates"

[Inter]sections 14.4

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"How Masculinity Plays: Effects of Musicianship in the 1995 Film Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility"

Persuasions Online 28.1

The most talented female musicians in Jane Austen's novels suffer emotional trauma, while her male musicians tend to be deceptive cads. The 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, however, reverses this trend for the character of Colonel Brandon, whose new musical leanings make him a more attractive suitor for Marianne Dashwood.

"Vamps and Camp: Sci-Fi Television Mocks the Monstrous Texan"

Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, 14.1

"Kicking Cinderella Out of Mango Street: Fairy Tales, Mexican Folklore, and the Fates"

[Inter]sections 14.4

"Charlotte Yonge's Victorian Normans in The Little Duke"

in Beyond Arthurian Romances: The Reach of Victorian Medievalism, Eds. Jennifer Palmgren & Lorretta M. Holloway. Palgrave McMillan

"Torn Between Two Lovers: Twilight Tames Wuthering Heights"

in Theorizing Twilight: Critical Essays on What's at Stake in a Post-Vampire World, Eds. Maggie Parke & Natalie Wilson. McFarland

The popular Twilight saga draws on many works of British literature, including Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. Where Bronte's heroine Catherine must choose between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton, Meyer's Bella Swan gets the best of Cathy's suitors combined into one.

"How Masculinity Plays: Effects of Musicianship in the 1995 Film Adaptation of Sense and Sensibility"

Persuasions Online 28.1

The most talented female musicians in Jane Austen's novels suffer emotional trauma, while her male musicians tend to be deceptive cads. The 1995 film adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, however, reverses this trend for the character of Colonel Brandon, whose new musical leanings make him a more attractive suitor for Marianne Dashwood.

"Vamps and Camp: Sci-Fi Television Mocks the Monstrous Texan"

Slayage: The Journal of Whedon Studies, 14.1

"Kicking Cinderella Out of Mango Street: Fairy Tales, Mexican Folklore, and the Fates"

[Inter]sections 14.4

"Charlotte Yonge's Victorian Normans in The Little Duke"

in Beyond Arthurian Romances: The Reach of Victorian Medievalism, Eds. Jennifer Palmgren & Lorretta M. Holloway. Palgrave McMillan

Folklore in British Literature: Naming and Narrating in Women's Fiction, 1750-1880

Peter Lang

An examination of the gendered and class-based dynamics of folklore names in works by Sarah Fielding, Anne Radcliffe, Charlotte, Bronte, George Eliot, Jean Ingelow, and Anne Thackeray Ritchie.