Sarah Barks

Assistant Dean & Director of Analytics & Operations

Offices, Departments, or Centers: Center for Careers, Life, and Service ,

Sarah (they/them) manages the CLS's analytics activities (such as tracking graduate outcomes and student engagement with CLS advising and programming), oversees the Center's technology platforms, and streamlines operational processes wherever possible.

Sarah is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (BA in anthropology and philosophy–neuroscience–psychology) and Emory University (PhD in biological anthropology) and, prior to coming to Grinnell, was a post-doctoral scientist at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Sarah’s research focused on great ape social cognition and neuroanatomy.

When not wrangling spreadsheets, Sarah spoils their pets, reads and bakes a lot, climbs, and does too many crossword puzzles. They joined the CLS team in September 2014.