Meet Sarah

The Final Submission Co. was created to help doctoral candidates navigate one of the most stressful parts of the dissertation process: getting a complex document polished, properly formatted, and ready to submit.

My professional background is in secondary education and educational administration. Over the last 24 years, I have worked as a high school English teacher, assistant principal, principal, district administrator, and state-level education leader. Clear writing, careful documentation, attention to detail, and navigating complex requirements have been part of every role I have held. I bring that same approach to dissertation editing and formatting, particularly for candidates in education, leadership, and applied research.

Writing and language have always been an important part of who I am. I have been an avid reader and writer for as long as I can remember, and one of my favorite ways to kill time in the 1900s was diagramming sentences. Yes, voluntarily. I still have a dream that one day I will be a New York Times bestselling author.

My goal is not to rewrite your research or change your voice. It is to help you present your work clearly, professionally, and consistently so the final document reflects the quality of the scholarship behind it.

Dissertation work can become overwhelming quickly, especially when committee feedback, APA requirements, university templates, references, and deadlines all collide. I aim to make the final stages feel more manageable by giving you clear, careful, individualized support from someone who understands how much work it took to get this far.

Having completed the doctoral process myself while building a career in education and raising a young family, I understand both the technical demands of academic writing and the reality of balancing research, work, feedback, deadlines, and everything else life throws at you.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

Ph.D., Educational Administration, 2020
University of South Carolina

Ed. Specialist, Educational Administration, 2016
University of South Carolina

M.Ed., Educational Administration, 2009
University of South Carolina                                            

Bachelor of Arts, Secondary Education (English), 2003
Clemson University                                                    

I defended my dissertation one week after the world shut down in March 2020, using Zoom for the very first time. I graduated that May, so my doctoral hooding ceremony happened in my living room with my three favorite girls pictured here.