Dr. Sara Kajder is a clinical professor of English Education at the University of Georgia, a writer, and consultant to k-12 school systems across the US, Canada and the UK. Together with Dr. Shelbie Witte, she served as co-editor of the NCTE journal, Voices from the Middle, for volumes 24 through 28.

A former secondary English teacher and faculty member at Virginia Tech and the University of Pittsburgh, her current research examines secondary English teacher practices and mentorship, emergent uses of video to support teacher learning, and adolescent literacy identities as they are constructed in dialogue with uses of digital media.

Amongst many peer-reviewed articles and books, she is the author of Adolescents and Digital Literacies, the 2012 Recipient of the NCTE Britton Award. Alongside multiple teaching recognitions, she received the 2022 Richard W. Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator from the National Council of Teachers of English, a career recognition. She also recieved the Divergent Award for Excellence in 21st Century Literacies (2016) and the National Technology Leadership Fellowship from CEE and SITE (2017).