Sarah received her M.F.A. at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and is an assistant professor of foundation studies.

After obtaining her B.F.A. at Michigan State University, Sarah spent a year pursuing post-baccalaureate work at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has presented in the Indiana region, including at the Feminist Art Symposium at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art in New Harmony, Ind., and the Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville.

Sarah received several awards in national juried exhibitions and the College of Liberal Arts Faculty Development Grant while instructing at the University of Southern Indiana. She maintains her professional development in foundational studies through her affiliation with the Foundations in Art Theory and Education conferences and the College Art Association.

Originally from northeast Kansas, Jason is joining Georgia Southern University as an assistant professor of film. With graduate degrees in filmmaking and higher education, Jason brings with him more than a decade of college-level teaching experience, having previously designed and facilitated courses in digital media studies and production at universities in Kansas, Virginia, Arkansas, and Missouri.

Jason's current filmmaking interests include writing, shooting, and editing action-adventure movies, science fiction films, romantic comedies, and documentaries. His ongoing research interests include cognitive film theory, adapting local folklore and legends into screenplays, transcending film genres in screenwriting, investigating media influences on learning, and critical pedagogy - the curricular integration of cinema history/theory with the practice of film production. Jason's goal is to inspire a similar passion for education and the Arts in his students by exploring with them how the visual narrative of cinema and the cross-disciplinary aspects of the filmmaking process can involve collaborative learning to and from all fields of study.

In his spare time, Jason enjoys running, skiing the slopes, working out, researching and shooting photos of abandoned ghost towns, caving, and the occasional short-range road trip.

Carlos is originally from Mexico and has lived in Monterrey, Mexico; Buffalo, N.Y.; Brownsville, Texas; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada; and has been in Statesboro for the past six years. During his time in Mexico and Canada, he worked in the private and government sectors. 

Carlos graduated from the University Autónoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Mexico, with a B.A. in communications. He graduated from St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, with a degree in public relations and advertising. Since moving to Statesboro, Carlos has studied and worked in education. He obtained his master's degrees - an M.A. in teaching in December 2010 and an M.A. in Spanish in May 2010 - from Georgia Southern.

Carlos has worked as a Spanish teacher in private and public schools in Bulloch and Effingham counties and taught at Georgia Southern while obtaining his master's.

Since arriving in Statesboro, Carlos has coached soccer for local recreational and travel teams. In the past three years, he has been an assistant and head soccer coach for high schoolers, and during 2012-2013 season he coached the women's soccer club team at Georgia Southern, receiving the Coach of the Year award. 

Zuotang Zhang is from northwestern China. His undergraduate major was English language and literature, and he has a master's degree in religious studies. He has completed course work for an M.A. in TESL but did not get a degree because of an illness. He is currently an ABD in language, literature, and culture at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His research interests are broad in language, culture and education.

Zuotang has taught from elementary to high school and from community colleges to universities both in China and the U.S.

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In March 2004, Donald graduated from the University of Washington School of Law. During his time there, he focused on criminal, environmental, international and comparative law, with a focus on litigation/mediation. In August 2001, he received his master's degree in secondary education from the University of Michigan, and remains licensed as a public-school teacher in Washington. In April 1999, he graduated with a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where he focused on international relations and comparative politics, with a specialization in American foreign policy as it relates to developing countries. His dissertation chronicles the shift away from the humanitarian-based foreign assistance of the Carter era to Reagan's emphasis on foreign policy for the purpose of national security-a policy that continued far into the Bush and Clinton administrations, even after it was no longer relevant.

The four years Donald spent as a soldier in the U.S. Army and the additional four years of backpacking through more than 30 countries around the world have greatly influenced his outlook on life and personal research.

Robbie received her Ph.D. in public administration with a certificate in nonprofit leadership and management from Arizona State University in August 2013. Her dissertation, "Between Markets and Government: Essays on Nonprofitness and the Institutional Transformation of Child Welfare Agencies," examines how managerial and organizational practices of child welfare nonprofits are influenced by business, government, and other nonprofit organizations and the extent to which processes of institutional isomorphism in child welfare nonprofits are happening. Data were collected from a national sample of 184 child welfare administrators to explore marketization practices, collaboration behaviors, and managerial priorities of these agencies. Her research areas include nonprofit and public management, governance, and organizational behavior and theory.

Robbie holds a master's degree in public service and administration from Texas A&M University and a bachelor's degree in business administration in marketing from Lamar University. She has research appearing in the Policy Studies Journal and Journal of Public Policy. She joins the faculty at Georgia Southern as an assistant professor.

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Trina began her career in social services working with people with developmental disabilities, and this early career experience has been influential in her teaching and research. Trina received her B.A. from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She received her master's in social work and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota. Trina's dissertation examined international women's rights and her MSW focus was clinical mental health. Her research interests include mental health, gender, reproduction, and communities.

Trina has taught sociology courses at various institutions in the Twin Cities. Beyond her academic research and teaching, she has worked as a census enumerator, market research analyst, research manager, and has volunteered for neighborhood and women's organizations. Trina is an active member of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), in which she currently serves as secretary. She previously chaired SWS's International Committee and served as a United Nations' Representative. She moves to Statesboro with her spouse and two children.