Sarah Jane Stogsdill

About Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane Stogsdill (she/her) currently serves as the director of residence life and is currently in her third year working in the Residence Life Department at the Interlochen Arts Academy. Her previous positions at the Academy include residence hall coordinator and senior instructor of residence life. Before starting her work at the Academy in fall of 2018, Stogsdill graduated in spring 2018 from Young Harris College in the north Georgia mountains, where she earned a B.A. in music with her primary instrument being voice. She also studied theatre and appeared on stage in many of the college's main-stage productions. Stogsdill started her journey with Interlochen at the Arts Camp in the summer of 2013 and has not missed a summer. As part of the Camp Life Staff, she has served in a variety of capacities in the Intermediate Meadows Division. Her previous positions at Camp include: director, virtual cabin counselor for Interlochen Online's Camp in a Box in 2020, assistant director, program director, unit leader, waterfront director, lifeguard, and cabin counselor.

I believe that it is the role of a student affairs professional to investigate, amplify voices, and work to disassemble harmful systematic racism, sexism, homophobia, and the colonizer mindset in our school buildings and communities. It is my goal to foster a brave space for students to engage in productive discourse and to learn the innate value of themselves and those around them.