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PRINCETON STUDENTS IN UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST TO STUDY TLINGIT LORE

Daily Sitka Sentinel — March 18, 2026

Sarah Rivett and co-instructor Rachael Z. DeLue led fifteen Princeton students through Southeast Alaska to engage with Tlingit clans and tribal governments working to repatriate sacred cultural objects taken from the region, many collected by Presbyterian missionary Sheldon Jackson in the late 19th century and now held in Princeton's museum collections.

PHI BETA KAPPA VISTING SCHOLAR, 2026–2027

Phi Beta Kappa Society — February 11, 2026

Sarah Rivett has been selected as a 2026–2027 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. Each year, Visiting Scholars travel to more than 100 colleges and universities across the country, spending two days on each campus and engaging with students and faculty through classroom discussions, seminars, and a public lecture open to the broader academic community. Talk dates and locations will be announced as they are confirmed.

HOW AMERICA'S FIRST BANNED BOOK SURVIVED AND BECAME AN ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN ICON

Smithsonian Magazine — October 2, 2023

Sarah Rivett is featured in this Smithsonian Magazine piece on Thomas Morton's New English Canaan — the first book banned in colonial America — and its enduring relevance to contemporary debates about censorship and the power of books to shape society.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY HUMANITIES COUNCIL ANNOUNCES 2023–24 OLD DOMINION RESEARCH PROFESSORS

Princeton University Humanities Council — May 9, 2023

Sarah Rivett was named a 2023–24 Old Dominion Research Professor by the Princeton University Humanities Council, receiving a yearlong research fellowship to support her forthcoming book Raven's Land: Placing the Indigenous Northwest Pacific in American Literature.

WHAT WE'RE VIEWING: PRINCETON PROFESSOR ADDS SOME CONTEXT TO 'SETTLED IN 1683' SIGNS

TAPinto Princeton — October 29, 2022

Sarah Rivett offers historical perspective on Princeton's "Settled in 1683" road signs, providing context on what that date means — and what it leaves out.

FROM COMMON LAND TO RAVEN'S LAND: UNSETTLING AMERICAN ORIGINS

Princeton University Public Lectures — April 20, 2022

Sarah Rivett explores the contested histories of land, Indigenous sovereignty, and American origins in this 11-minute public lecture.

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"IT'S USEFUL TO KNOW" WITH DR. SARAH RIVETT

Princeton Center for Culture, Society, and Religion — October 26, 2021

Sarah Rivett discusses how popular narratives about American history can render Indigenous communities invisible, and compares the symbolism of the Raven in Haida and Tlingit literature with its role in Anglo-Christian tradition.

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INNOVATION FORUM SPOTLIGHTS INNOVATION FROM STEM TO HUMANITIES

Keller Center at Princeton University — October 7, 2021

The Native American and Indigenous Studies Initiative at Princeton (NAISIP) proposal by Sarah Rivett received third place in the humanities and social sciences category.

RESILIENCE IN THE TIME OF COVID

Maria Russo Photography — 2021

Sarah Rivett is featured in this documentary photography project capturing the hidden burdens carried by women during the Coronavirus pandemic. Photographer Maria Russo documented Sarah's experience balancing academic work, motherhood, and caregiving with drastically reduced support — one of many women's stories brought to light in this body of work.