Overview
Sarah received her B.A. in History summa cum laude from the Appalachian State University Honors College in 2017 and her M.A. in Classical Languages from the University of Georgia in 2019. Her Master's thesis conducted a study of the terms corpus, caro, spiritus, and anima in the works of Tertullian and analyzed their significance for understanding Tertullian's eucharistic theology. Sarah began the Classics Ph.D. program at Cornell in 2019. She plans to continue her work on Christian sacraments and the language used by early Christian authors to discuss their practices and beliefs. Other research interests include literature in Roman North Africa and the interaction of Roman religion with other ancient religious traditions.
Classical Literature and Philology Concentration