{"id":525,"date":"2020-08-10T16:37:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T16:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/?page_id=525"},"modified":"2020-10-13T19:55:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T19:55:48","slug":"dr-sarah-gebhardt-98","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/dr-sarah-gebhardt-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Sarah Gebhardt &#8217;98"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">And time gives you some perspective, but there are certain things in life that really, really grip you, and the way I feel about my experience at Davidson is something that I wouldn&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve changed my opinion about. I wasn&#8217;t overreacting, [Davidson] was really stifling for anyone who was even remotely different from a white, Protestant person.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Sara Gebhardt was raised in Bethesda Maryland and graduated from Davidson in 1998. She went on to receive her PhD from Harvard University and now teaches adjunct at George Washington University and manages her own communications firm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jewishidentity.inkandbolts.com\/ohms\/viewer.php?cachefile=Interview94440.xml\" width=\"100%\" height=\"720px\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong> Sara Gebhardt recounts her experience going from a largely liberal, diverse, and pluralistic environment in the suburbs of Washington D.C. to Davidson, which felt \u201c20 years behind.\u201d While at Davidson, she was a member of the field hockey team, studied abroad in Spain, and wrote for Libertas. During her sophomore year at Davidson, she wrote an editorial in the <em>Davidsonian<\/em> objecting to students\u2019 erecting wooden crosses in front of Chambers during Holy Week. In the wake of the editorial and the ensuing controversy, Sara describes, she became a \u201cknown\u201d Jewish student on campus, for better and for worse. This propelled her to become the first white student leader of the Minority Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Dr.SaraGebhardt98TranscriptFinal-1.pdf\">Dr. Sara Gebhardt &#8217;98 Transcript<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Dr.SaraGebhardt98TranscriptFinal-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Artifacts<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery .kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76{margin:-5px;}.kb-gallery-type-masonry.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item{padding:5px;}.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kb-slide-item .kb-gal-image-radius img{border-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery.kb-gallery-wrap-id-_8df8af-76{overflow:visible;}.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-thumb-item .kb-gal-image-radius{box-shadow:4px 2px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item:hover .kb-gal-image-radius, .kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-thumb-item:hover .kb-gal-image-radius{box-shadow:4px 2px 14px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);}.kb-gallery-caption-style-cover-hover.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption, .kb-gallery-caption-style-below.kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 .kadence-blocks-gallery-item .kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner .kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption{background:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);}<\/style><div class=\"kb-gallery-wrap-id-_8df8af-76 alignnone wp-block-kadence-advancedgallery\"><ul class=\"kb-gallery-ul kb-gallery-non-static kb-gallery-type-masonry kb-masonry-init kb-gallery-id-_8df8af-76 kb-gallery-caption-style-below kb-gallery-filter-none\" data-image-filter=\"none\" data-item-selector=\".kadence-blocks-gallery-item\" data-lightbox-caption=\"true\" data-columns-xxl=\"3\" data-columns-xl=\"3\" data-columns-md=\"3\" data-columns-sm=\"2\" data-columns-xs=\"1\" data-columns-ss=\"1\"><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:691px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#95-april-24-crosses-ignite\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:691px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:148%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM-691x1024.png\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1995 April 24 &quot;Crosses ignite religious furor.&quot;\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM.png\" data-id=\"755\" class=\"wp-image-755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM-691x1024.png 691w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM-768x1139.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.22-AM.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1995 April 24 &#8220;Crosses ignite religious furor.&#8221; Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:664px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#95-04-24-trustees-debate-religion\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:664px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:154%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM-664x1024.png\" width=\"664\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1995 April 24, &quot;Trustees debate religion.&quot;\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM.png\" data-id=\"760\" class=\"wp-image-760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM-664x1024.png 664w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.05.37-AM.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1995 April 24, &#8220;Trustees debate religion.&#8221; Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:667px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#1996-04-15-easter-display-crossing-line\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:667px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:153%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM-667x1024.png\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1996 April 15 Easter display crossing the line?\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM.png\" data-id=\"756\" class=\"wp-image-756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM-667x1024.png 667w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM-768x1179.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.34-AM.png 774w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1996 April 15 &#8220;Easter display crossing the line?&#8221; Op-eds by various students, including &#8220;Religious Righteousness isolates students seeking a diverse community&#8221; by Sara Gebhardt &#8217;98. Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:692px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#1996-04-15-religion-at-davidson-crossing-paths\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:692px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:147%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM-692x1024.png\" width=\"692\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1996 April 15 &quot;Religion at Davidson? Crossing paths: angry students fight over symbols.\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM.png\" data-id=\"757\" class=\"wp-image-757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM-692x1024.png 692w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM-768x1136.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.03.46-AM.png 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1996 April 15 &#8220;Religion at Davidson? Crossing paths: angry students fight over symbols.&#8221; Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:683px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#1996-04-15-religion-at-davidson-trustee-challenge\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:683px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:149%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM-683x1024.png\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1996 April 15 &quot;Religion at Davidson? The trustee&#039;s challenge: An in-dept look at the issue.&quot;\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM.png\" data-id=\"759\" class=\"wp-image-759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.59-AM.png 792w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1996 April 15 &#8220;Religion at Davidson? The trustee&#8217;s challenge: An in-dept look at the issue.&#8221; Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><li class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item\"><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item-inner\"><figure class=\"kb-gallery-figure kb-gallery-item-has-link kadence-blocks-gallery-item-has-caption\" style=\"max-width:686px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/pdf-files\/#1996-04-22-trustees-uphold-religious\" class=\"kb-gallery-item-link\"  ><div class=\"kb-gal-image-radius\" style=\"max-width:686px;\"><div class=\"kb-gallery-image-contain kadence-blocks-gallery-intrinsic\" style=\"padding-bottom:149%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM-686x1024.png\" width=\"686\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"1996 April 22 &quot;Trustees uphold religious ties with vote: Non Christians can now be members of religion department, but not board of trustees.&quot;\" data-full-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM.png\" data-light-image=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM.png\" data-id=\"758\" class=\"wp-image-758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM-686x1024.png 686w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM-201x300.png 201w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM-768x1146.png 768w, https:\/\/digitalprojects.davidson.edu\/jewishidentity\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-18-at-12.04.16-AM.png 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"kadence-blocks-gallery-item__caption\">1996 April 22 &#8220;Trustees uphold religious ties with vote: Non Christians can now be members of religion department, but not board of trustees.&#8221; Click to read more&#8230;<\/div><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And time gives you some perspective, but there are certain things in life that really, really grip you, and the way I feel about my experience at Davidson is something that I wouldn&#8217;t say I&#8217;ve changed my opinion about. 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