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Sarah Riva, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of History and Honors Program Director

Sarah Riva, Ph.D.

Sarah Riva, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of History and Honors Program Director

sriva@barry.edu

Education

Ph.D. in History and a Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
Master of Arts in Public History from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Bachelor of Arts in History from Royal Holloway, University of London.

Biography

Sarah Riva, PhD, joined Barry University in 2021 as an Assistant Professor of History. She teaches courses on U.S. African American, African, and world history. Dr. Riva specializes in race relations in 20th century U.S. history and her research interests include the long Civil Rights Movement, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and discriminatory educational practices. She received her Ph.D. in History and a Graduate Certificate in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She holds a Master of Arts in Public History from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and received a Bachelor of Arts in History from Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr. Riva has presented her research at numerous regional and national conferences, including the Agricultural History Society, the Southwestern Social Science Association, Race, Ethnicity & Place, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Since 2024, Dr. Riva serves as the Honors Program Director for Barry University, while continuing to teach for the department. As director, she oversees admissions, curriculum, student advising, and extracurricular activities. Dedicated to enhancing the experience of Honors Program students, Dr. Riva was recently appointed to the Florida Collegiate Honors Council executive committee where she will collaborate with colleges and universities across the state to provide research and presentation opportunities for Barry University students.

Publications

"Desegregating Downtown Little Rock: The Field Reports of SNCC’s Bill Hansen, October 23 to December 3, 1962." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 71:3 (Autumn 2012): 264-282.

"The Coldest Case of all? Lloyd Gaines and the African American Struggle for Higher Education in Missouri." Western Legal History, Vol. 23:1 (Winter/Spring 2010): 21-45.