Sarah N. Gaby
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of North Carolina
M.A. in Sociology, University of North Carolina
B.A. in Sociology and International and Global Studies, Brandeis University
Specialization in Teaching
Research Methods
Social Movements
Inequality
Research Interests
Race and ethnicity
Inequality
Social Movements
Honors & Awards
2024 Distinguished Scholarly Engagement and Public Service Award, UNCW
2024 Applied Learning Pedagogy Initiatives, UNCW
2024 Large Team Grant, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Quality Enhancement Plan
($50,000)
2023 National Endowment for the Humanities Preservation Assistance Grant for Lower Cape Fear
Historical Society ($10,000)
2023 Discere Aude Award for Undergraduate Mentoring. University of North Carolina,
Wilmington
2023 Community Engagement Grant. “Supporting Career and Leadership Development in
Wilmington.” University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
2023 Community Engagement Dissemination Grant. Disseminating Research from Partnership
with the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society and the Historic Latimer House. University of
North Carolina, Wilmington
2023 North Carolina Community Foundation Grant. Funding to Support Partnership with
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce Evaluating Youth Community and Leadership
Development Academy
2022 CAS Summer 2022 Professional Development Grant, UNCW
2022 Collective Racist and Antiracist Action and Contemporary Racial Inequalities. Russell Sage
Foundation. ($160,000)
2022 Collective Racist and Antiracist Action and Contemporary Racial Inequalities. Cahill Grant
Recipient, UNCW
2022 American Voice Project Data Recipient. Russell Sage Foundation
2022 Community Engagement Grant.
2021 Striving Towards Anti-Racist Teaching in the South (STARTS), Southern Sociological Society
2021 1898 Curriculum Development Grant.
2021 The Green Initiative Fund Mini-Grant.
2021 Applied Learning and Community Engagement Pedagogy Initiative Awards
2019 Weidenbaum Center Small Grant ($24,000 with Cunningham, Lee, and Ward)
2018 Graduate Education Advancement Board Impact Award
2017 Social Movement Young Scholar, Notre Dame University
2016 Himes Student Paper Award Runner-Up, North Carolina Sociological Association
2015 Dissertation Fellowship, The Graduate School at UNC
2014 Odum Research Fellowship, The Odum Institute
2013 National Science Foundation, Sociology Grant ($128,627 with Andy Andrews)
2012 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation