Sarah Schaefer Walton

Sarah Schaefer Walton is an Assistant Professor and Director of Digital Humanities at Marshall University's Department of English. She joined the faculty in 2023, focusing on nineteenth-century British literature, travel studies, and digital humanities methodologies.

• Education:
  • PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2023)
  • MA, Virginia Tech (2015)
  • BA, Virginia Tech (2012)

Her research bridges Victorian literature, public humanities, and digital scholarship, with a particular emphasis on Jane Austen studies and fan studies. She actively contributes to public humanities initiatives through co-creating the NEH-funded digital project Jane Austen's Desk.

Walton serves as Associate Director of the Jane Austen Summer Program, a non-profit organization dedicated to public engagement with literary scholarship.