Sarah specializes in medieval English literature, manuscript studies, and the digital humanities. Her research and teaching display an on-going fascination with how reading early literature inspires us to reevaluate our present cultural moment with renewed vigor and from diverse perspectives. Sarah guides students in investigating how literary works, from the classical era through the early modern period, illustrate evolving social, philosophical, and religious structures of thought. Such study encourages students to grapple with the persistent questions that haunt these works, such as: what are the qualities of a good life?—how can we make sense of suffering, and how should we respond to joy?—and how should individual desires be balanced against the common good and/or social expectations?