Emily Sachar

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