Fifteen Questions: Doris Sommer on Optimism, the Role of the Humanities, and the Montessori Education
Doris Sommer sat down with Fifteen Minutes to talk about her work with “Pre-Texts,” an arts-based training program for teaching literacy and citizenship, what brings her joy, and the role of optimism in higher learning.
Doris Sommer is the founder of the Cultural Agents initiative and the Ira and Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Read the full interview here!
