Research Discipline/Bio
Sarah G. Vazquez is a Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where her research examines the intersection of childhood, digital technology, civic engagement, and multicultural education. Her dissertation, Civic Media Worlds, is an ethnographic study exploring how multilingual children use digital technologies in their social lives, and in particular how they are engaged with the Roblox ecosystem. Working in partnership with Clifton Public Schools in Passaic County, New Jersey, her research contributions to conversations on education technology, digital equity, civic media literacy and the role of digital technologies in shaping civic identities among young children.
Sarah is also a member of the Primary School Faculty at Montclair Kimberley Academy in Essex County, New Jersey. Prior to her doctoral studies, she taught in elementary education for several years in the US and internationally.
More information: www.sarahgvazquez.me
Educational Background
Master of Philosophy, Anthropology and Education, Columbia University, 2024.
Master of Arts in Teaching (magna cum laude), Elementary Education, Johns Hopkins University, 2018.
Bachelors of Arts (cum laude), American Studies, Georgetown University, 2013.
Honors/Awards
Dissertation Fellowship (Klingenstein Center), 2024-25; Provost's Dissertation Research Award (Office of the Vice Dean for Research), 2024-25; Invited Scholar, Doctoral Research Collective for the Study of Race and Ethnicity (Office for Diversity and Community Affairs), 2021-22; Doctoral Research Fellowship (Programs in Anthropology), 2019-21; Anthropology Research Fund in Honor of Lambros Comitas (Teachers College, Columbia University), 2020.
Publications/Exhibitions
Vazquez, Sarah. 2021. Virtual Archive, TC COVID-19 Community Archive, Teachers
College, Columbia University, New York City, NY
Vazquez, Sarah. 2020. “From the Epicenter, At the Apex: A dispatch about birth and COVID-19 from New York City.” City & Society 32 (2): CISO.12330.
Last Updated: Feb 24, 2025