“Our students have knowledge, opinions, and experience,” said Andrea Chambers, Director of The NYU-SCPS Center for Publishing. Turning the tables on the student/teacher dynamic, she moderated a lively panel discussion at Book Expo America: “Lessons Learned in the Classroom: What Publishing Students Teach Their Professors”. Sharing their experiences in the classroom were veteran Center for Publishing faculty: Brenda Copeland, Executive Editor, St. Martin’s Press, Macmillan; Justin Chanda, Vice President and Publisher, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Simon & Schuster; Matt Baldacci, Vice President of Marketing, Scholastic Trade Publishing, Scholastic, Inc.; and Susan Weinberg, Group Publisher, Perseus Books Group. All teach in the Center’s M.S. in Publishing: Digital and Print Media program.
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