BUFFALO, NY – Dana Goldstein,a journalist and New York Times best-selling author, will speak at Canisius University on Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. Goldstein’s lecture, entitled “The Teacher Wars: The History and Politics of America’s Most Embattled Profession,” is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. The event is presented by The William H. Fitzpatrick Chair of Political Science Lecture Series.
Goldstein, a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at the New America Foundation, is the author of the New York Times bestseller,The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession (Doubleday). She is a staff writer at The Marshall Project and a contributor to Slate, The Atlantic, and other magazines. Goldstein writes about education, social science, inequality, criminal justice, women’s issues, cities and public health. Previously, she was an associate editor at The Daily Beast and The American Prospect. Goldstein holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Brown University.
Goldstein has provided expert commentary to many major national media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, NPR, C-SPAN, Bloomberg Radio and PRI.
For more information, contact the Office of Public Relations at 716-888-2790.
Canisius University is one of 28 Jesuit universities in the nation and the premier private university in Western New York.
