Sara Cumming

Dr. Sara Cumming is an award-winning researcher and academic with over 20 years of experience in the postsecondary sector. In her role as a professor, Sara has designed curriculum, written scholarly journal articles, written and published postsecondary textbooks, and has taught tens of thousands of students both within academia (university and college) and within the community. Over the past eight years, she has been a professor of sociology at Sheridan in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, while playing an active role as a member of the Sheridan community. Sara has served on senate, academic policy committees, local academic committees and hiring committees, and is currently sitting on the Research Ethics Board, REDIAC and People’s Awards committees.

In her role as a researcher, Sara’s experience and connections have allowed her to successfully lead/co-investigate on five external research grants, ultimately bringing together diverse community partners from across Halton and Peel to produce innovative solutions to social issues. Her extensive experience in community-college partnerships continues to be an asset, as she also holds the role of executive director at Home Suite Hope, an award-winning Halton-based not-for-profit that provides wraparound supports and services to move homeless single parent-led families to self-sufficiency. The organization partners with Sheridan to provide single parents the opportunity to access a two-year college diploma program and one-on-one mentorship.