- Phone:
- 765-455-9292
- Email:
- saeheath@iu.edu
- Campus:
- IU Kokomo
Sarah Heath, a Professor of History from Indiana University Kokomo, was appointed as the Regional Faculty Fellow in summer, 2024. This role requires collaboration across the IU regional campuses. Heath leads and manages assigned projects across the IU regional campuses; engages various constituencies to develop and implement solutions to advance the University’s mission; and collaborates across various campuses and organizations to facilitate responses to the issues facing the regional campus faculty.
Previously, Sarah worked in various leadership settings in and around the Kokomo campus. She was the Chair of her department (History, Political Science, and Philosophy), where she contributed to the early formulation of the collaborative online degrees in History and in the Master’s certificate in History. She also served as Vice President and Parliamentarian for the Faculty Senate. She contributed to various inter-campus or regional programs as a liaison for secondary schools participating in the Advance College Program, and on the statewide selection committee for the Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching (FACET).
Sarah works actively as a member of the campus and community. Her extensive service contributions have been recognized with several awards, including (at IU Kokomo), the Virgil Hunt Faculty Service Award; the Claude Rich Excellence in Teaching Award; the Chancellor’s Diversity Excellence Award, and Trustees Teaching Award. At the university level, Sarah has received the IU Bicentennial Medal; the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching; and the W. George Pinnell Award for Distinguished Service.
Sarah holds a BA in History from the College of Wooster (OH), and an MA and Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati.