Sarah is an ethnographer and cultural anthropologist with particular interests in gender politics; state power, police and military subcultures; religion and ritual; Latin America, the Caribbean, and the African Diaspora; andthe American West. Her published books are “Violence in the City of Women: Police and Batterers in Bahia, Brazil” (University of California Press, 2007) about all-women police stations, and “Beyond Post-Traumatic Stress: Homefront Struggles with the Wars on Terror” (with Jean Scandlyn; Left Coast Press, 2014) about soldier and civilian relations in Colorado Springs in the wake of the Post 9/11 wars; over 20 CC student researchers collaborated across the course of this project. Additional student collaborations include the Feminist Last-Naming Project, and the Crestone-based Spiritual Practices and Social Applications. Published articles include work on pedagogy and field research methods and analysis.