Cooper Union

Sean McGlade

Adjunct Instructor

Sean McGlade is an experienced teacher of writing across the disciplines, and a specialist in twentieth-century literature. Sean earned his B.A. at Vassar College, his M.Phil at Trinity College, Dublin, and is completing his Ph.D. at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has taught at both public and private universities, and has worked with students at the Cooper Union since 2008. In addition to his work at the Cooper Union Center for Writing, Sean also teaches Cooper's Freshman Seminar, and has led courses in Beckett and Joyce.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.
“My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”
From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.
Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.