Biography
Sarah Bufkin grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Morehead-Cain scholar, where she graduated with a BA in Cultural Studies and History. She then completed an MA in Moral, Legal and Political Philosophy at the Queen's University Belfast with the support of the U.S.-Ireland Alliance. While at Oxford, Sarah undertook a DPhil in Political Theory, first at Somerville College and then as a Prize Fellow at All Souls College. Since 2022, she has worked as an Assistant Professor in Political Theory at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on problems of racism and racialization, imperial techniques of government, and racial capitalism. Sarah is also interested in poetry, running, rock climbing, and Arsenal F.C.