B.M. 2005 (double majored in music performance and English literature), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.A. in Ethnomusicology, Columbia University (May 2008)

Sara is the treasurer for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter for the Society of Ethnomusicology and the jazz assistant for the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program at Columbia. She is currently finishing the requirements for the M.A. in Ethnomusicology. Her thesis is entitled, "Music, Modesty, and Socialization at an Orthodox Jewish Girls' School: The Musical Life of Bais Yaakov of Boro Park." For future research, Sara wishes to explore the role of music and other performing arts in cultural and linguistic revitalization movements in contemporary indigenous communities.