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Student and Faculty Work

Conference Works

In our seminar/conference system, each course consists of a seminar (a small, highly interactive class) and a biweekly conference in which students meet one on one with professors to plan and discuss independent projects related to the course. These independent enterprises help students develop and refine their skills of analysis, interpretation, and writing, and allow them to study that which will prove most rewarding. We've compiled a selection of students' recent conference works to showcase the extraordinary range of intellectual inquiry that the seminar/conference system makes possible. 

Working 1:1

Emily Lin and Drew CressmanThe relationship between teacher and student is at the heart of a Sarah Lawrence education. In the Working 1:1 series of videos, students and their mentors talk about the range of inquiry that’s possible when working one to one.

Emily Lin ’09 helped her don, Drew Cressman (biology), research crucial immune system proteins in the Summer Science Program. Now he’s helping her apply to graduate school in molecular biology. Aiden Bussey ’09 started as a creative writing student, but got hooked on physics with Kanwal Singh.

Faculty Accomplishments

What do Sarah Lawrence faculty do when they're not in the classroom or in conference with a student? All sorts of things! Published, Performed, and Presented spotlights some of our faculty's most recent activity.


Faculty in the News

Sara RudnerSara Rudner, director of the dance program, is a winner of the 52nd Dance Magazine Awards for her contributions to dance, as reported by The New York Times.

The Library Journal reviews Getting Out: Historical Perspectives on Leaving Iraq, the latest book by literature faculty member Nicolaus Mills.

Writing faculty member Jeff McDaniel '90 talks with The Southeast Review about his new book of poetry, The Endarkenment.

Fawaz GergesIn a special commentary to CNN, Fawaz Gerges, holder of The Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs, discusses the relationship between the United States and Egypt.

Thought Problem, a poem by writing faculty member Vijay Seshadri, was featured in the October 12 issue of The New Yorker.