She holds a PhD in linguistic anthropology from the University of Western Ontario (2013). She has conducted ethnographic fieldwork on language revitalization in the Northwest Amazon of Brazil since 2011. Her research focuses on how ethnographic methodologies can be used to better understand the challenges facing language revitalization efforts, particularly in contexts of urbanization, multilingualism, and significant social change. Sarah has taught at the Canadian Indigenous Languages and Literacy Development Institute and is currently developing a research project that ethnographically evaluates the efficacy of community based CILLDI programs.