Independent journalist Sarah Carr, who serves as this year’s James H. Ottaway Sr. Visiting Professor, will be introduced to students with a Q&A hosted by SUNY New Paltz President Darrell P. Wheeler on Thursday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. in the Science Hall Auditorium. Continue reading
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Consider Taking the Ottaway Seminar in Fall, Taught by Award-Winning Journalist Sarah Carr
The Ottaway Seminar this fall is tentatively titled “The Kids’ Story: Telling Stories of American Inequity Through the Lens of Youth.” The professor is Sarah Carr, a contributing editor at the Hechinger Report, former investigative editor at the Boston Globe (focusing on education and equity), and author of Hope Against Hope, for which she embedded in schools in New Orleans to tell the story of students’ and teachers’ experiences after Hurricane Katrina. Continue reading