Education:
M.S., Columbia University - 1992 (Journalism)
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University - 1980 (Teaching of Reading)
B.A., University of Chicago - 1970 (English)
Areas of Expertise:
As Siegel tells her students, journalists are paid to investigate things that are interesting to them and that they are curious about. Journalism has enabled Siegel to report and write about the Attica prison revolt and the plight of Vietnam veterans, in her early years of reporting, and now more recently about the plight of immigrant students in the schools, the closing of big neighborhood high schools and the history of the Jews in the Caribbean.
Books and Publications
"Regents Shift NY Teacher Prep Away From Higher Education." The Clarion, February. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2010
"Sweatshop Cinderella: Anzia Yezierska for Today." The Forward, May. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2010
"Found in Portugal: World Famous Jewish-American Novelist." The Forward, Oct. 21. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"Lives on the Boundary, 20 Years Later." Education Week, Oct. 23. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"The New Marketplace: How Small-school Reforms and School Choice Have Reshaped New York City's High Schools." Contributing writer. The Center for New York City Affairs, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy. June. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2009
"We're Not Dead Yet: The Fall--and Potential Rise--of New York City High School Newspapers." Report investigating high school newspapers and journalism programs in New York City. June. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2009
"The Maze of America: Finding a High School for an Immigrant Child Is Tougher Than You Think." The Village Voice, Jan. 8. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2008
"Analyze This: Psychotherapists in Wellfleet, MA." Cape Cod View Magazine August. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
"Small Order: The Closing of Tilden High School." The Village Voice. April. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2007
Siegel, Jessica and Samuel G. Freedman. "In Defense of Big Schools." Gothan Gazette.com. April. (Books and Publications: Other Article) 2006
Creative Work
Creator and managing editor, NewsStand NYC, a New York City high school journalism website for both journalism students and their teachers. Launched in May. 2009
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Outstanding Journalism Educator for 2010, Deadline Club, New York City Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, June. (Awards and Honors) 2010
PSC-CUNY Grant, for "The Jews of Suriname: Change, Community and Identity in an Ethnic Mix," April. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
PSC-CUNY Grant, for research on the history of Jews in Curacao, part of work on a book, Scattering of the Tribes: Sephardic Jews in the Caribbean. April. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Organizer, 6th New York City High School Journalism Conference, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2009
"Using Mike Rose's Lives on the Boundary in the Classroom." Presenter and chair, panel of three Brooklyn College graduate students and working middle school and high school teachers, Who Owns Writing Conference, Hofstra University. Hempstead, N.Y., October. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
"Using the Web to Critique and Learn From National and International Newspapers in the Journalism Classroom." Conference on College Composition and Communication. April. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Contributed Talk) 2008
Moderater, panel on breaking into online journalism at The New York Times.com, CUNY Journalism Conference, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Organizer, NYC High School Journalism Conference, Baruch College (CUNY), December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2008
Moderator, panel on launching new upscale African American magazine in Harlem, CUNY Journalism Conference, November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Organizer, NYC High School Journalism Conferece, Baruch College (CUNY), May. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Organizer, NYC High School Journalism Conference, Baruch College (CUNY), December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2007
Organizer, New York City High School Journalism Conference, Baruch College (CUNY), December. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
Women Columnists panel, CUNY Journalism Conference. November. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2006
