Sarah serves as the Director for IPA's Education sector program. She holds a PhD in International Development Education from New York University. Before beginning her doctoral program, she worked with IPA for five years, in Uganda and in a variety of roles from 2008-2013. As an education researcher, she uses mixed methods and interdisciplinary research to investigate issues such as grade repetition, the rise of low-fee private primary schools, and user fees in primary education, and her dissertation combines analysis of these three issues within Uganda's Universal Primary Education.
Current role
Program Director, Education & Professional Studies at Lake Erie College
Program Director, Education at The Cleveland Foundation
Program Director Education Services For Blind Children at Catholic Charities Maine
Program Director, Education at American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)
Nurse Residency Program Director/education Coordinator at Citizens Memorial