 Between 1979 and 2013 he directed the graduate photography department at the Yale University School of Art, where his students included Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Lois Conner, Abelardo Morell, Susan Lipper, Gregory Crewdson, An-My Le, Anna Gaskell, Steve Giovinco, and Katy Grannan.In 2007, Steidl published "Passing through Eden", a collection of photographs Papageorge took over 25 years in Central Park.Also in 2007, Aperture published "American Sports, 1970