Petrovic, Dr. Sarah

Professor

Sarah Petrovic, co-chair of the English department, earned her Ph.D. in English (2011) and M.A. (2005) in Literature and Film from Northern Illinois University and her B.A. in English Education (2003) from Taylor University. She has taught courses in film, contemporary literature, British literature, world literature, YA literature, composition, grammar, media criticism, and science fiction, and takes classes to the U.K. to study culture, literature, and film. Her publications include “Tipping the Odds Ever in Her Favor: An Exploration of Narrative Control and Agency in the Hunger Games Novel and Film” appearing in Space and Place in the Hunger Games: New Readings of the Novels (McFarland & Company, 2014) and “Changing Spaces of ‘Englishness’: Psychogeography and Spatial Practices in This is England and Somers Town” in Shane Meadows (Edinburgh UP, 2013). Other interests include, watching film and television; pop culture in general, K-pop especially; all manner of stationery; and reading, always reading.

Dr. Sarah Petrovic – Associate Professor and Chair of the English Department