Sara Ritchey, PhD is an award-winning scholar, author, and community advocate. After two decades serving as a professor of history, she turned her attention to nonprofit community development and responsive philanthropy. She is now the Executive Director of the Maraist Family Foundation, which supports projects and programming that enhance the lands and livelihoods of coastal Louisiana. She is Professor Emerita in history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her writing on religion, healthcare, and creolité appears in varied media outlets such as The New York Times, Aeon, and The American Historical Review.
Sara Ritchey, PhD is an award-winning scholar, author, and community advocate. After two decades serving as a professor of history, she turned her attention to nonprofit community development and responsive philanthropy. She is now the Executive Director of the Maraist Family Foundation, which supports projects and programming that enhance the lands and livelihoods of coastal Louisiana. She is Professor Emerita in history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and her writing on religion, healthcare, and creolité appears in varied media outlets such as The New York Times, Aeon, and The American Historical Review.