Sarah Braden

2026 Outstanding Graduate Mentor of the Year Award

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education & Human Services | School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Dr. Sarah Braden holds a PhD in linguistics, an MS in education, and a BA in biology and environmental studies. Dr. Braden is an Associate Professor in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership at Utah State University where she helps to train future teachers and education researchers. In her research, Dr. Braden uses applied linguistic and linguistic anthropological methods to identify instructional design principles that leverage the assets of multilingual youth in STEM learning environments. Dr. Braden has been a PI or Co-PI on several projects funded by the National Science Foundation in which she collaborated with scientists and education researchers to design and deliver informal STEM learning opportunities on cosmic ray physics and engineering to middle and high school students.