Sarah Upton
Sarah Upton (PhD, New Mexico) is a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Communication at UTEP. Her research interests include invitational social change and communication in border contexts. She is also committed to connecting teaching and research through service learning to give students the opportunity to engage with the larger El Paso/Cd. Juárez community in meaningful ways. Dr. Upton’s courses include: Interpersonal Communication, Communication Theory and Analysis, Mass Media and Society, and Border Communication at the undergraduate level, and Contemporary Rhetorical Theories and Qualitative Research Methods at the graduate level.
Prof. Upton has earned a PhD in intercultural communication from the University of New Mexico in 2014, a master’s degree in communication, culture, & technology from Georgetown University in 2010, and a bachelor’s degree in electronic media from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2008. Dr. Upton was born and raised in El Paso, and she is excited to be home, teaching in the community that gave her roots and first inspired her to pursue higher education.
