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Cubberley Lecture Series Presents, April 23, 2014
An evening with Anna Deavere Smith
Notes from the Field:
School and Prison Pathways
Actress, playwright, and New York University professor Anna Deavere Smith, performed parts of a work-in-progress and discussed her ongoing research for a new play she is writing on the subject of the school-to-prison pipeline at the April 23, 2014 Graduate School of Education Cubberley Lecture in CEMEX Auditorium. After her performance, she was joined on-stage for a conversation and live audience Q and A with GSE professors Prudence Carter and Sean Reardon.
- Event coverage by Brooke Donald: “A call for compassion and empathy in education policy."
- Op-ed by Dean Deborah Stipek: "Schools v. prisons: Education’s the way to cut prison population."
Video Highlights by Stanford Video
You can watch the full version of the conversation with Anna Deavere Smith, Prudence Carter, and Sean Reardon on the Stanford Graduate School of Education channel on YouTube
Photo Highlights
Cubberley Lecture Performance Photo Credit: Stanford Video
Cubberley Lecture Reception Photo Credit: Ian Terpin
About the Speaker
Smith is an actress and playwright who is said to have created a new form of theater. She has won numerous awards, among them two Obies, two Tony nominations, a Drama Desk Award, the Susan V. Berresford Fellowship from United States Artists, a MacArthur fellowship and the 2013 prestigious Gish Prize. In 2012, President Obama awarded her the National Endowment for the Humanities Medal. She was runner-up for the Pulitzer Prize for her play Fires in the Mirror. Her work, in a series called "On The Road: A Search for American Character," combines the journalistic technique of interviewing her subjects with the art of interpreting their words through performance. She currently plays hospital administrator Gloria Akalitus on Showtime's hit series Nurse Jackie. Additional screen credits include The West Wing, The American President, Rachel Getting Married, Life Support, and others. Honorary degrees include those from Juilliard, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Northwestern, Haverford, and Radcliffe. She has served as Artist in Residence at several organizations and as varied as MTV Networks and Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. She is a professor at New York University. She founded and directs Anna Deavere Smith Works: A Place for Artistic Excellence and Social Change, dedicated to convening and supporting artists whose work addresses the world’s most pressing challenges.
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