Sarah Miller
Sarah Miller is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Davis. She holds an M.A. in Musicology and an M.M. in Vocal Performance from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Her research interests in eighteenth-century opera buffa, commedia dell’arte, and Disability Studies culminated in her dissertation “Disability in Flux: Performing Disability in Carlo Goldoni’s Comic Operas,” which investigates the imprint of commedia dell’arte that remains in Carlo Goldoni’s libretti. Primarily focusing on his works that center around comedic representations of difference, Sarah observes how Goldoni’s usage of stock characters both relies on stereotypical portrayals of Disability and challenges conventional understandings of Disabled agency and the stock character system itself. Sarah identifies as both Neurodivergent and Disabled, and as the Communications Coordinator and Interim Co-Chair of the AMS Music and Disability Study Group, Sarah creates approachable training on the implementation of accessibility and accommodation in the college classroom.