Sarah Fisher has been awarded an Associates of Science in Business Administration from Penn State University; a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in history from the University of Maryland; a graduate certificate in Museum Studies and a Master of Arts in Folklore and Public Culture from the University of Oregon. Her Masters Terminal Fieldwork Project included immersing herself with the Merry Pranksters as a participant observer, learning to create art, music, and concert productions. She has completed internships at the Oregon Folklife Network, working on marketing, web site optimization, and grant writing; and at Special Collections University Archives, learning audio digitization procedures. Sarah has also taught composition courses at the University of Oregon, and she has completed language study in French and Ancient Greek.
Sarah is currently the Folklore Archivist and Collection Coordinator at the Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore. She is a member of the Association of Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC). Sarah has published her first book, "The Art of Pranksterism: A Visual Journey with the Merry Pranksters" (2019). This book explores folkloristic and subcultural theoretical models in application to the artistic community of the Merry Pranksters. She is co-editor of "Cooking with Folklore: Recipes from the Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore" (2018). "Cooking with Folklore: Recipes from the Archives, Volume II" is currently in the editing process, to be published in Fall 2019. She is also the curator of the exhibit, From Folk to Folklorist: An Archives for Everyone, on display in the Knight Library at the University of Oregon through the Fall 2018 and Winter 2019 terms.
Sarah grew up in Pennsylvania and lived there until she moved to Oregon for graduate school. Her husband and four children, a girl and three boys, adventured with her. As a family, they enjoy hiking, bouldering, gardening, attending concerts, and watching movies. Sarah and her husband also enjoy volunteering to produce local concerts, with motivation that is driven by the love of music and dancing. Sarah enjoys reading, painting, singing, and playing music on her flute when she finds the time.