OUR STORY

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  "Many Americans spend their entire adult lives working hard and often putting off intellectual enrichment with the thought: "Once I retire, I will take those history, current events, or culture courses and access that world of knowledge I have always wanted."  Unfortunately, for too many seniors, once they retire they either can't find those classes or the ones they find aren't very good.  Established in 2008, Day Academy was set up for those hard workers who deferred.  It makes available the classes they were always waiting for.  Whether it is Ancient, Medieval or Modern History, we now produce engaging, thought-provoking lecture programs for people of all ages who want rich, inspiring learning experiences that will last a lifetime."  Jared Day
 

    Jared Day, PhD, taught history at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for sixteen years.  His areas of specialization are U.S., European and World History as well as political, urban, and environmental history from the late eighteenth century to the present. Between 2007 and 2010, he led seminars on the effective teaching of history for public school teachers at the Pittsburgh Teachers Institute at Chatham University and has taught numerous courses for the OSHER Academy for Life-Long Learning at the University of Pittsburgh. He is also the author of Urban Castles: Tenement Housing and Landlord Activism in New York City, 1890-1943 (Columbia University Press, 1999) and co-author of Race and Renaissance: The African American Experience in Pittsburgh Since World War II (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2010) along with numerous other popular and peer-reviewed articles.  He has also taught at Eastern Connecticut State University and the Three Rivers Community College in Connecticut.  He currently lives in Windham, CT.