Sara Tavela, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Kinston, North Carolina, United States

-Support and coordinate communications from Diocesan House, Trinity Center, the bishop, leaders, and congregations of the diocese-Update and manage the diocesan website and its content and the social media accounts held by the diocese to ensure content is accurate, eye-catching, and easily navigable and searchable-Write and edit features, interviews, event recaps, and news for diocesan publications, including the weekly e-newsletter and quarterly digital magazine-Spearheaded the creation of a quarterly diocesan magazine, the Diocesan Digest, and curate, design, and edit all copy and layout as the Editorial Director-Strategize and plan communications based on analytics, audience, and trends-Design graphics for the website, events, social media, and publications-Shoot and edit photos and video content for communications, publications, and the website-Serve as a resource to members of the diocese for improvement and integration of communications and public engagement efforts

North Carolina, United States

- Plan, coordinate, and host monthly member events and speakers with the Leadership Team- Maintain member communications via newsletters and emails- Manage, create content for, and update the region's website- Communicate and post news from across the JASNA regions, including local Jane Austen-related events

North Carolina, United States

- Create a variety of art pieces for sale and by commission, including watercolor cards and acrylic seascapes- Maintain and update Etsy shop website

Atlantic Beach, North Carolina, United States

- Support the pastor in verbal, written, and digital communications- Manage and update the church website and social media content- Design digital and print marketing materials- Create and schedule church communications in coordination with clergy and church staff- Film, edit, and post weekly video communications

Washington, North Carolina, United States

- Assist clergy in written, verbal, and digital communications- Edit and proofread all web content and church communications, including social media content, newsletters, and church bulletins- Support church operations, including filming, editing, and posting video worship services, children’s content, and weekly pastoral greetings

Dallas, Pennsylvania, United States

Taught English Courses- ENG401: Major Authors, “Jane Austen"- ENG224W: Women Writers- ENG355: British Romanticism- ENG151: University Writing Seminar, “Gothic Environments” Theme- ENG339: Technical Writing- ENG351: Restoration and 18th Century Literature- ENG245: British Literature Survey I- ENG151: University Writing Seminar, “The Gothic Imagination” Theme- ENG151: University Writing Seminar, “Deceiving Appearances” Theme- ENG219: Modern World Literature, “Embodiment and Identity” Theme

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Taught Courses- UCOR102: Imaginative Literature and Critical Writing, “Minds & Bodies: Feeling Through British Texts” Theme, English- UCOR102: Imaginative Literature and Critical Writing, “Courtship and Controversy in the Eighteenth Century” Theme, English - UCOR102: Imaginative Literature and Critical Writing, “Comedy and Humor in British Literature” Theme, English- UCOR102: Imaginative Literature and Critical Writing, “Drugs, Dreams, & Madness in the Nineteenth Century” Theme, English- UCOR101: Thinking and Writing Across the Curriculum, English- ENGL 318: Survey of British Literature II, English (Assisted Judy Suh)- IHP 105: Honors Inquiry II: Jane Austen and Popular Culture, English (Assisted Laura Engel)

Storrs Center, Connecticut, United States

Taught Courses- HDFS 3310: Parent-Child Interactions in a Cross-Cultural Perspective, Human Development and Family Studies (Assisted Abdul Khaleque for 4 semesters)

Ph.D. In English

Specialty: Long Eighteenth Century British Literature Certificate of Teaching and Advanced Certificate of Teaching Women’s and Gender.

M.A. In English

Activities and Societies: Capstone Project: “Psychopathology and Trauma in Charlotte Brontё’s Villette,” advised by Laura Callanan

M.A. In Human Development And Family Studies

Specialty: Marriage and Family Therapy

B.A. In English & Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, With Honors

Honor’s Thesis: “Love and Marriage in Jane Austen’s Novels,” advised by Dorothy McGavran