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 joined the faculty at Barry University in 2021 and teaches courses on American and world history. She earned 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 specializes in race relations in post-emancipation America and her research focuses on the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960’s, particularly the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and their role in Arkansas.
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 Arkansas Historical Association.
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.