Kendall Sanders is a third-year graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. She recently completed her master's thesis, Power Outside of the System: Nonprofits and the Fight for Equitable Informal Education, which was supported by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences through a Franklin Forward Research Grant.

Kendall is currently preparing to defend her dissertation prospectus and beginning the process of completing her comprehensive examinations as she advances toward Ph.D. candidacy.

An emerging race scholar, Kendall's research examines the intersections of race, media, and education. She is currently interested in how media representations shape social inequality and lived experiences. She currently serves as a Teaching Assistant and has delivered guest lectures in the Department of Sociology, experiences that have strengthened her commitment to inclusive, student-centered pedagogy.