Sarah T. Roberts (born September 2, 1975) is a professor, author, and scholar who specializes in content moderation of social media.

[5] Her dissertation, directed by Linda C. Smith, was titled Behind the Screen: The Hidden Digital Labor of Commercial Content Moderation.

[7] In 2016, Roberts became an assistant professor at University of California, Los Angeles's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Roberts' research focuses on commercial content moderation (CCM), the information work and workers, and on the social, economic, and political impact of the widespread adoption of the internet in everyday life.

[22] In 2019, Roberts' book Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media was published by Yale University Press.