Sarah Lawrence College

Founded in 1927, Sarah Lawrence College is a co-educational, four-year liberal arts college in the Lawrence Park section of Yonkers, New York, though it is located in the postal zone of Bronxville, New York, about thirty minutes north of New York City. It has a student population of 1,200 and is renowned for its strong writing and performance art departments and its rigorous, individualized approach to academics. Originally a women-only institution, Sarah Lawrence first officially opened its doors to men in 1969.

Noted Faculty

• Joseph Campbell, world-renowned cultural historian and critic of mythology
• Billy Collins, poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States
• E.L. Doctorow, fiction writer (Ragtime)
• Grace Paley, poet, fiction writer, and political activist who in 2004 was awarded an honorary Doctorate from Sarah Lawrence College
• Marie Howe, poet.
• Galway Kinnell, poet
• Tom Lux, poet
• William Schuman, Pulitzer Prize winning composer and former director of the Juilliard School. Taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1935-45
• Norman Dello Joio, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award winning composer. Taught at Sarah Lawrence College from 1944-50
• Dorothy Delay, world-renowned violin teacher who also taught at the Juilliard School
• Fawaz Gerges