Sarah Cope Bio

Sarah Cope is a second year PhD student. Sarah completed her Master's at Northeastern's Sociology department in May 2006. Originally from Charleston, SC, she received her B.S. in Sociology at the College of Charleston. Sarah's first years in graduate school led her into projects on both lesbian intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Along with studying violence against women, Sarah is committed to providing direct service as a medical advocate for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center.

She taught her first course in the summer of 2006, "Class, Power, and Social Change." Recently, she has passed her first comprehensive examination, Violence Against Women, and is currently working on her second, Violence at Colleges & Universities. She hopes to begin work on her dissertation proposal this spring.

Areas of Interest: Sarah is interested in violence, both interpersonal and collective. She is also interested in social psychology and definitional issues surround social phenomenon such as sexual assault, intimate partner violence, cults, hate groups, and militias.