Dr. Sarah Beth Kennedy applies her expertise in rhetoric to academic administration. She explains complexities clearly, writes powerful emails, and builds professional relationships with attention to personal and organizational ethos.

After earning her doctorate in Communication and Rhetoric from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sarah became an academic advisor. Sarah advised Individual Studies students at Hudson Valley Community College, where she continues to teach English composition courses with the goal of equipping students with rhetorical tools and healthy academic and writing practices that offer them both personal meaning and professional benefit.

Before earning her doctorate, Sarah worked in entertainment and customer service at a themed tourist site, led educational tours outdoors about and around rescued farmed animals, and logged almost a decade as a writing tutor.

Sarah is currently an academic administrator using her theoretical background in place studies and rhetoric and experience teaching and advising to support first-year abroad programs at a private research university.