Carol Ascher

Carol Ascher is the author of the novel, The Flood, and two critical studies, Simone de Beauvoir: A Life of Freedom and Women in Medicine, and she has recently completed a memoir, Without Hitler. Her short fiction, memoirs, and essays on education have appeared widely in American newspapers, magazines, and literary journals. After graduating from Barnard College, Carol Ascher received a Ph.D. in Anthropology from Columbia University. She is Research Professor at New York University’s Institute for Education and Social Policy, where her research focuses on students of color in urban public schools.