Sarah Berry
Lilly Graduate Fellow
Education
Ph.D., English Literature, University of Connecticut
M.A., English Literature, Boston College
B.A., University Scholars, Baylor University
The Award
The Lilly Graduate Fellows Program supports, during the course of their graduate education, exceptionally well-qualified students who have bachelor's degrees from LFP Network Schools and who are interested in becoming teacher-scholars at church-related colleges and universities in the United States. Sarah was a Lilly Graduate Fellow while at the University of Connecticut.
At Baylor
Berry's thesis investigated the way in which the contemporary Irish poet Seamus Heaney draws on Joyce and Yeats in his development of a sacramental understanding of poetry. Her primary research interests include British and Irish modernism and contemporary Irish poetry. Berry, originally from Coppell, Texas, was a William Carey Crane Scholar and 2010 University Scholar graduate. During her time at Baylor, she was also involved in the Honors Program, The Pulse, and Delta Delta Delta.