Sara was recently honored as the 2017 Emerging Professional by the North Carolina AIA Chapter for her extraordinary accomplishments in architectural design, design discourse, architectural education, and mentoring of the next generation of architects. Additionally Sara’s teaching excellence has been recognized through the national ACSA / AIAS New Faculty Teaching Award in spring of 2014, the 2016 NC State University Outstanding Teacher Award, the Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award, and the NCSU TH!NK Faculty Fellowship in Critical and Creative Thinking.