Biography
Education
PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2023
MA, Virginia Tech, 2015
BA, Virginia Tech, 2012
Interests and Specializations
Digital Humanities, Victorian Studies, Travel Studies, Public Humanities, Jane Austen
About
Sarah Schaefer Walton joined the Marshall English faculty in 2023. Her research and teaching focus on nineteenth-century British literature and travel, Jane Austen, fan studies, and digital methods. She’s the Director of Digital Humanities at Marshall, an Associate Director of the public humanities non-profit organization the Jane Austen Summer Program, and co-creator of Jane Austen’s Desk, an NEH Digital Project for the Public.