Sarah Perdue
Position title: Communications Manager
Pronouns: she/her
Email: saperdue@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 262-3051
Departmental Responsibilities: Communication of physics news to the outside world, External-facing website, Marketing, Graphic design, some department events, BOV coordination, social media (Instagram, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, YouTube), Staff Onboarding
As Director of Communications, Sarah is the person to go to for all things communications/news/social media/web content/design/marketing. Sarah joined the department in July 2019 with several years of previous communications experience (with an emphasis on science communications), which she obtained during her decade-plus as a bench scientist and during her four years as a communications specialist at the UW Carbone Cancer Center. She is a UW–Madison alum (B.S. in biochemistry), a AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellowship alum, and received a Ph.D. in microbiology and molecular biology from Cornell University.