Emily Sachar
Adjunct Lecturer
![Emily Sachar](https://www-2023.sunyulster.edu/_resources/img/about/faculty-bios/generic.jpg)
Degree Information
MA, Art History, Hunter College, City University of New York, 2017
BA, Economics and History, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 1980
Courses Taught
History of Western Art I (ART 107)
History of Western Art II (ART 108)
Primary area of expertise
Art History with two areas of focus: Northern Renaissance Art and American art at mid-century with a focus on the Magic Realist painters Paul Cadmus, Jared French and George Tooker and their use of codes and symbols to daringly signal their interest in homosexuality at a time of international repression.
Honors and Awards
A sampling of the more than 100 awards received for feature writing and reporting:
- Pulitzer Prize, 1992, court reporting on the fatal Union Square subway derailment
- Grand Prize, Distinguished Journalism, National Awards for Education Reporting, Education Writers Association, 1990
- First Prize, Feature Writing, New York Press Club, 1989
- First Prize, Beat Reporting, Newswomen’s Club of New York, Front Page Awards, 1995
- Peter Kihss Award for Outstanding Reporting on New York City Government, Fund for the City of New York, 1988
Publications and Presentations
Author of more than 10,000 articles for a range of media and magazines. Below are listed book publications.
- Shut Up and Let the Lady Teach (Poseidon Press, Simon and Schuster, 1991): Memoir focuses on the lives of five students I taught at IS 246 in Flatbush Brooklyn
- Schools for a Global Age, Asia Society, 2005
Grants Received
Kossack Travel Grant, City University of New York, 2016
Volunteer Work or Group Affiliations
Docent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2008-current
Garden Guide, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1998-current
Landscape Guide, Olana/The Hudson Valley Home of Landscape painter Frederic Edwin
Church, 2017-current
Docent, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004-2008