Sarah Emily Griffin-Troutner is a doctoral candidate in the History of Christianity with a minor in Systematics. Her primary interests lie in the philosophical-theology of the patristic and medieval period, with a special interest in Christian Platonism. 

Sarah has won numerous conference-awards over her graduate studies thus far, including the Young Weilliane award (American Weil Society) and the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award (North American Patristics Society).

After completing a Great-Books undergraduate program at King's College, Sarah worked for nearly three years as the Director of a Non-Profit Youth Organization in Halifax, Nova Scotia, called St. George's YouthNet. 

Sarah is grateful to be supported in her doctoral work in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.