James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor of Journalism Lauren Sandler will be hosting two events these upcoming semesters. 

In the evening Tuesday at 6 p.m., September 30, 2025, Sandler will host a Q&A Intro to Campus with President Darrel P. Wheeler in the Honors Center. 

In spring, on **New Date! February 10, 2026, Sandler will host a public talk, “This is Not My Story to Tell: Urgent Nonfiction Reported Across Identities and Ideologies.”

All students and faculty are free to attend both events with no need to register. 

Sandler is teaching this fall semester’s Ottaway Seminar “Writing the Argument:” In our hot-take culture, few arguments actually change readers’ perspectives. The ones that do require evidence, credibility, and excellent writing — all the hallmarks of great journalism. This seminar will engage with the world in real time, and with each other, as students develop the rigor and personal voice to write about what matters most.

Sandler is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author based in Brooklyn. In addition to her journalism, Lauren has led the OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowships at Yale, Columbia, UVA, and Dartmouth, and has taught in the graduate journalism program at NYU, where she has also been Visiting Scholar. She was a regular commentator for the BBC and has been interviewed nationally and internationally on many networks including CNN, PBS, CBS, NBC, and throughout public radio.