Jan Yager - Reflections on a Writer's Life
Dr. Jan Yager, Ph.d, a sociologist, freelance writer, coach, speaker, artist, is the award-winning author of more than 50 books, translated into 35 languages. She will discuss her new book Looking Backward, Going Forward: Reflections on a Writer's Life. Beginning with the immigration of her grandparents from the Ukraine and Russia in the early 1900s, through her childhood, teen years, education, romances, and interviews with such notables as poet Allen Ginsberg and puppeteer Jim Henson, Jan Yager's memoir shares her life lessons as well as her interesting life.
ABOUT JAN YAGER
Jan has a Ph.D. from The City University of New York Graduate Center and an M.A. in criminal justice from Goddard College. She has also taught undergraduate and graduate college courses since her mid 20s most recently, since 2014, in the Sociology Department of John Jay College of Criminal Justice as well as at William Paterson University, Baruch College, Sam Houston State University, Iona University, and other colleges and universities.