Sara Young
New Cabell Hall 466
Education
M.A., Foreign Languages, Cultures, and Literatures, concentration in Hispanic Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (2013)
M.A.T., concentration in Secondary Education (6-12), James Madison University (2009)
B.A., Modern Foreign Language, concentration in Spanish, minors in Pre-Professional Secondary Education and Teaching English as a Second Language, James Madison University (2008)
Teaching
University of Virginia (2016-Present)
SPAN 2010: Intermediate Spanish
SPAN 1060: Accelerated Elementary Spanish
SPAN 1020: Elementary Spanish
Elon University (2014-2016)
SPAN 122: Elementary Spanish II
SPAN 124: Intensive Elementary Spanish I and II
SPAN 121: Elementary Spanish I
Virginia Tech Language and Culture Institute (2014, 2016)
RW 450: Reading and Writing 450
GLS 350: Grammar, Listening, and Speaking 350
GLS 150: Grammar, Listening, and Speaking 150
Beginning Conversation Spanish (online)
Other Teaching Experience (2009-2011)
High School Spanish Teacher: Spanish 1-AP
Service
Member, Sponsored Events Committee, University of Virginia, 2026-Present
Speaker Series Coordinator, Institute of World Languages, University of Virginia, 2025-Present
Co-Creator, Club de corredores y caminantes, University of Virginia, 2023-Present
Pre-Major Advisor, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia, 2023-2025
Member, Committee for Three Assistant Professors of Spanish (AGFM), University of Virginia, 2024
Spanish Faculty Advisor, College of Arts & Sciences, 2021-2023
Creator, Free Spanish Tutoring Program (SPAN 1060-2020), University of Virginia, 2017-2023
Co-Organizer, ePortfolio Peer Consultant Program, University of Virginia, 2021-2022
Member, Committee for Lecturer of Chinese (AGFM), University of Virginia, 2021
Member, Fall 2020 Planning Committee, University of Virginia, 2020
Summer Faculty Academic Advisor, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia, 2019
Grants & Awards
Language Commons Activity Award: "Spanish Corner: Partner Practice with AI," University of Virginia, 2026
Thrive Small Pilot Grant with Jennifer Hogg: "Self-Regulation in Language Learning," University of Virginia, 2024-2025
Learning Technology Incubator Grant: “Volunteer Tutoring Program for Lower-Level Language Learning,” University of Virginia, 2018-2019
Presentations
Young, S., “Volunteer Tutoring Program for Lower-Level Language Learning: A Pedagogical Model,” SOLPHE 2025: Symposium on Language Pedagogy in Higher Education, Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA), University of Minnesota, Online, October 3, 2025.