Sarah Steinbock-Pratt

Sarah Steinbock-Pratt is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Alabama. She specializes in modern U.S. history, American empire, and transnational history with a focus on the Pacific world. Her research examines race, gender, and imperial formations through case studies like the Calloway family’s trans-Pacific migrations. She holds a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin (2013).

Education:

• PhD, University of Texas at Austin, 2013

Research Interests:

• Gender and Women’s History
• History of Race
• Transnational and Pacific-world studies
• American empire and global expansion

Her current project, No Sitting on the Fence: Elizabeth Calloway’s Trans-Pacific and Transracial Migrations, explores Black-Filipino communities and imperial formations through a microhistorical lens. Her publications include Education and Empire (2019) and articles on American colonial education and transnational student activism.

Advising & Grants: No specific advising or grant information listed. Active in academic conferences, including panels at the American Historical Association and Association for Asian American Studies.

Labs/Teams: No dedicated lab/team mentioned, though her research involves collaborative historical projects.