Dr. Sarah Young
Position: Professor
Department: English
Office: St. Benedict Hall 303
Phone: 913.360.7498
Dr. Sarah Young specializes in American Literature, Linguistics, and Grammar. She is the sponsor of the English Club and Benedictine’s Pi Sigma Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society. She has presented research on Willa Cather for the American Literature Association, Literature into Film Conference, and NEH Seminars focused on the work of Willa Cather. She has published many articles and reviews for arts journals and newspapers and was a contributing writer to The Encyclopedia of Stage Plays on Film. Dr. Young is also a trained opera singer and regularly performs on both the professional and amateur stage.
DEGREES
Ph.D. in English
University of Kansas
M.A. in English
University of Kansas
B.A. in English and German
Baker University
CLASSES
Composition
World War I Literature
American Modernism
Drama
Contemporary Literature
American Literature
Research interests:
Music and literature, Literature of World War I, Modernism, 20th-Century Women writers, Women’s travel writing