Sara Ritchey, PhD is Professor Emerita in history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Executive Director of the Maraist Family Foundation in coastal Louisiana. An award-winning scholar, author, and community advocate, her writing on religion, healthcare, and creolité has appeared in varied media outlets such as The New York Times, The American Historical Review, and Cornell University Press.
Born and raised on the Vermilion Bayou, she now splits her time between Washington, DC and St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.