Sarah Beth Kitch
Associate Dean of Student Affairs | Associate Professor of Instruction
Sarah Beth V. Kitch is associate dean for undergraduate studies and associate professor of instruction in the School of Civic Leadership. An award-winning teacher, she invites students into intentional opportunities to reflect on the task of being human. Her teaching and research interests include American political thought, African American political thought, political theology, and ethics.
Previously, Kitch taught at St. Agnes Academy in Houston, served as assistant professor at the University of Missouri and visiting assistant professor at Northern Illinois University, was the Thomas W. Smith Postdoctoral Research Associate in Religion and PublicLife at Princeton University, and taught political science at Louisiana State University. Her writing has appeared in the Journal of Church and State, the American Journal of Political Science, Law & Liberty, and Starting Points.
Education
MA in political science, Louisiana State University
PhD in political science, Louisiana State University
Political Theory: Political Theology, American Political Thought, African-American Political Thought
By appointment.
Fall 2025
CIV 312P/GOV 312P Constitutional Principles: Core Texts
Spring 2025
CIV 366 Topic: Theology, Medicine, and Society
Fall 2023
GOV 312 Constitutional Principles: Core Texts



