IDEA: International Dialects of English ArchiveSarah Nichols
SENIOR EDITOR-AT-LARGE
Contributions to IDEA:
AFRICA
Egypt 5 | Egypt 6 | Egypt 7 | Ethiopia 4 | Zimbabwe 3
AUSTRALIA-OCEANIA
Fiji 7
CARIBBEAN
Bahamas 1 | Bahamas 2 | Bahamas 3 | Dominica 1
EUROPE
Hungary 6 | Hungary 7 | Montenegro 1 | Montenegro 2 | Portugal 2 | Spain 8
MIDDLE EAST
Lebanon 2 | Lebanon 3
NORTH AMERICA
District of Columbia 3 | Florida 13 | Florida 14 | Florida 15 | Florida 16 | Florida 19 | Florida 20 | Florida 21 | Georgia 6 | New Jersey 7 | New York 36 | Virginia 11 | Virginia 12 | Washington 6
SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil 15 | Brazil 16 | Chile 6 | Chile 7 | Chile 8
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
General American 15
Bio: Sarah Nichols is a full-time communication coach at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), in their professional presentation studio, SCADamp. With a BFA in musical theatre from the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and an MFA in voice studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, she maintains her artistry as a professional singer, voiceover actor, and dialect coach. Sarah has worked with actors in training, professional artists, and executives across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy, and Egypt. Since 2021, she has been the resident voice and dialect coach for the acting company at the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Annapolis, Maryland.
Sarah has been an active member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) since 2018 and is currently on their board of directors. Contributions to VASTA include writing for the Voice and Speech Review, where she has published several articles, including conference reflections and book reviews. Most notably, her article “Bridging the Gap between Voice Coaches and Sound Designers in the Theatre” won VASTA’s Rocco Dal Vera Graduate Research Award in 2022.
As a second-generation Cuban American who spent her childhood living in the Middle East, Sarah is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in all aspects of her life and practice.
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