Sarah Coppersmith (she/her) serves as a team member with the University of Missouri-St. Louis Geospatial Design Lab, serves in multidisciplinary settings and is currently a doctoral dissertation research chair, and a Fellow in the University of Missouri-St. Louis Inquiry Circle Program on global competency. With degrees in geography, earth science education, and certification in historic preservation, she has been a classroom teacher, park ranger, and cartographer, teaching graduate research, education methods, and geography.