Bio
Suzanne Carbonneau
A critic, essayist, and historian, Suzanne Carbonneau's writings have appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other publications. She is Director of the NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Dance, and she is Critic-in-Residence at the American Dance Festival. Ms. Carbonneau is Scholar-in-Residence at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and the Bates Dance Festival and she lectures and writes for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Ms. Carbonneau holds a Ph.D. from New York University and is Professor of Performance at George Mason University. Her biography of choreographer Paul Taylor will be published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Carbonneau is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Eric Foner
DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, Eric Foner is one of this country's most prominent historians. He received his doctoral degree at Columbia under the supervision of Richard Hofstadter. He is only the second person to serve as president of his field's three major professional organizations: the Organization of American Historians, American Historical Association, and Society of American Historians. Professor Foner serves on the editorial boards of
Past and Present and
The Nation, and has written for the
New York Times,
Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and
London Review of Books. He has appeared on numerous television and radio shows, including
Charlie Rose, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Bill Moyers Journal, Fresh Air, and
All Things Considered, and in historical documentaries on PBS and the History Channel. Professor Foner's publications have concentrated on the intersections of intellectual, political and social history, and the history of American race relations. His current book is
The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery (2010), and other recent books include
Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World (2008) and
Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction (2005).
www.ericfoner.com