Experienced in a wide range of standard labor education topics, she specializes in computer use, communications, and legal and economic issues. As a facilitator, Sarah has led union-centered labor-management training and strategic planning sessions for international unions and councils. One of her current research efforts is as a member of a team of labor educators who are investigating the use of mediation under West Virginia’s state grievance procedure (where public sector collective bargaining is not a matter of law.) She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism, a master’s in industrial relations and a doctorate in economics. Her start in the labor movement came as an organizer for a local of The Newspaper Guild.