My research and teaching areas include American and Indigenous religions; I consider the relationship between religion and museums, health and wellbeing, politics, empire, and popular culture.

Experience

  • 2025–present
    Associate Professor, Iowa State University
  • 2019–2025
    Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
  • 2016–2019
    Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University
  • 2014–2016
    Lecturer, University of Tennessee

Education

  • 2018 
    Northwestern University, Certificate, Museum Studies
  • 2015 
    Indiana University, PhD, Religion in the Americas
  • 2009 
    University of Iowa, MA, Religious Studies & American Indian & Native Studies
  • 2007 
    University of Kansas, BA, Religious Studies & Creative Writing

Professional Memberships

  • American Academy of Religion
  • Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

Contact Sarah for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision