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Cogan Alumni Fellows

Cogan Alumni Fellowship — February 26 & 27, 2012
Monday, February 27 at 4:30 p.m. - Cogan Talk in the Stern Center Great Room

Talk — Carrie Scott ’01 “Not Just A Titular Hero: How an English department taught me to think”  Check out Carrie's feature article.

Carrie Scott Lazarus ’01  Currently curator and director of the SHOWstudio Shop in London, Carrie Scott has been working in the art world for almost a decade.  Before starting her own company - CS&P Art Advisory (http://www.carrie-scott.com/) - in 2009, where she develops Modern and Contemporary art collections as well as curates exhibitions worldwide, Scott was Director of Nicole Klagbsrun Gallery, New York, and James Harris Gallery in Seattle before that.  In addition to developing gallery programs, Scott has worked closely with renown artists such as Beth Campbell, Matthew Day Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Henry Krokatsis, Nick Knight, Mika Rottenberg, Adam McEwen, and Storm Tharp and was also noted curator of the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University's Lee Center for the Arts.   In addition to her curatorial experience, Scott is also an arts writer with a Master's in Art History. While at Dickinson, Carrie was a member of the All-College Student Affairs Committee, the English Department Student Advisory Committee, and Student Senate.

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Spring 2010 - Frank James '79—with both a stellar career as a print journalist (The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune) and a pioneering position in new media (as the co-founder of NPR's blog "The Two-Way")—is uniquely qualified to speak about the changes in media, American culture and the skills he learned as a Dickinson English majors. He is also a member of the college's Board of Trustees. His talk was entitled "There's A Place for Us: An English Major's Journey from Old to New Media." Please visit the web site noting Frank James's visit to Dickinson.

 Spring 2009 - Susan Stewart '73, well-known poet and cultural critic. She currently is the Annan Professor of English at Princeton University. Talk: "Learning to Write: A Discussion with Susan Stewart." Please visit the web site regarding Susan Stewart's visit to Dickinson.

Spring 2008 - Christopher Kennedy '85, sports writer/editor for The Republican, Springfield, Massachusetts. Talk: "Local Today, Pro Tomorrow" and Brock Clarke '90, associate professor of English, University of Cincinnati and award-winning author. Talk: "It's Better to Write About An Arsonist Than Be One, and Other Lessons I Learned at Dickinson"

Spring 2007 - Nicole Dispenziere-Pitcher ’99, a caseworker within the special educational needs team in East Sussex, England. Talk: "Living, Learning and Working Abroad: A Graduate's Experience" and Alison Taylor ’76, deputy general counsel for the state of Pennsylvania under the Governor's Office. Talk: "Life's Opportunities"

Spring 2006 - Kerry Folan ’01, editor of Women in the Arts magazine. Talk: "Great Expectations or Bleak House: What Can You Expect Your First Five Years After Dickinson?" and Ron Simon ’73, curator of television at The Museum of Television & Radio. Talk: "From Shakespeare to The Simpsons : My Journey In Becoming a Television Curator"

Spring 2005 - Emily Wylie ’94, teacher at The Young Women's Leadership School in East Harlem. Talk: "Small Schoolteacher, Big Voice: Teaching and Writing in East Harlem" and Scott Barcalow ’92, mortgage banker at Bank America Corporation. Talk: "At Swim, One English Major: or Untie-ing the Corporation Man"

Spring 2004 - Eleanor Grant ’82, screenwriter at The National Geographic Society and David Snider ’93, school programs manager at The Shakespeare Theatre

Spring 2003 - Laura Seeff ’87, an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and John Balitis ’84, attorney with Fennemore Craig

Spring 2002 - Mara Nicastro '88, assistant headmaster at the Nora School and Byron Quann '61, president and CEO of the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

Spring 2001 - Christina Smith '91, senior marketing manager for Houghton Mifflin Publishers and David Brower '89, news anchor and correspondent for National Public Radio at WUNC

Spring 2000 - Suzanne Maas '72, director of the Boston Globe Charitable Foundation and Christine Nelson '85, curator of literary and historical manuscripts at the Pierpont Morgan Library