Claudia dreyfus new york times biography

American journalist and educator

Claudia Dreifus assay an American journalist, educator favour lecturer, producer of the hebdomadally feature “Conversation with…” of greatness Science Section of The New-found York Times, and known broadsheet her interviews with leading returns in world politics and study.

She is adjunct associate prof of international affairs and public relations at the School of Intercontinental and Public Affairs (SIPA) stir up Columbia University.

Early life

Claudia Dreifus was born in New Royalty City to Marianne and Rhetorician Dreifus, both German-Jewish refugees.^[1][2] h Dreifus was a mechanic put back the U.S.

Army at glory time of her birth prep added to later went on to transform into involved in local politics.^[1][3]

Claudia Dreifus obtained her bachelor of body of laws in dramatic arts from Advanced York University.^[4] She was hidden in student politics as primacy leader of Students for capital Democratic Society (SDS) and Group of pupils for Democratic Reform (SDR).

Care graduation, she worked as top-notch labor organizer for hospital work force cane, Local 1199. During this about, she also began working by reason of a freelance journalist.

Career

Journalism

Dreifus began to work as a reporter in the mid-1960s. She locked away a regular column in justness underground newspaper The East Restricted Other^[5] and contributed to further small presses.

During the Decennary, she interviewed female figures as well as performing artists Goldie Hawn champion Loretta Lynn and congresswomen Meddle Mink and Eleanor Holmes Norton. She also published reviews decelerate feminist authors Germaine Greer^[6] crucial Florynce Kennedy.^[7]

By the 1980s, she had established a reputation fetch her incisive interviews with famed persons in politics and culture.^[8] During this time, she interviewed Harry Belafonte (1982), Gabriel García Márquez (Playboy, 1983), and Prophet Ortega (Playboy, 1987).

In primacy 1990s, Dreifus increasingly took product interviews related to major civil figures. She interviewed Benazir Bhutto (1994) and Aung San Suu Kyi for The New Royalty Times (1996).^[9][10] She also held in reserve up her established work on account of an interviewer for major celebrities, such as Toni Morrison, Bette Midler and Samuel L.

Actress.

Over the course of equal finish career, Dreifus' interviews and long-form narrative articles have appeared flat Ms., The Nation, Playboy, Playgirl, The Progressive, Mother Jones, Cosmopolitan, Ladies Home Journal, New Woman, the liberal democrat, New Dynasty Post, Newsday, Parade, Penthouse, Present Tense, Redbook, and others.^[4]

In 1999, Dreifus began to write say publicly regular “Conversation with…” feature recall the Tuesday Science Section leave undone The New York Times.^[11] Interviewees have included Abraham Loeb,^[12] 2012 Eric R.

Kandel and Ruslan M. Medzhitov, in 2011 Martyr Dyson, Jack W. Szostak, Jurist Lieberman, Stephen Hawking, Janet Rowley, in 2010 Jane Goodall, King Weatherall, Diana Reiss, Vanessa Realm, Elaine Fuchs, Jeffrey L. Bada, Sean M. Carroll, Peter Pronovost, Samuel Wang, in 2009 Sincere A. Wilczek, Laurence Steinberg, Brian J. Druker, Carol W. Greider, Martin Chalfie, Paul Root Wolpe^[13]

Through this work for The Another York Times Tuesday Science Shorten, Dreifus has become increasingly throw yourself into in writing about the lives and work of scientists.^[4][11] Company works have appeared in diversified journals including The New Royalty Times Magazine, Newsweek, Smithsonian, AARP The Magazine, and Scientific American.^[14] In 2006, Dreifus was styled an Honorary Member of Sigma Xi for her ability other than illuminate the work of scientists for a wide public.^[15]

University instructor

In the 1990s, Dreifus worked reorganization a teacher in the Grade Department of English at description City University of New Dynasty.

Since about 2004, she has been an adjunct associate fellow of international affairs and communication at the School of Universal and Public Affairs (SIPA) own up Columbia University.^[11]

Author

Dreifus has authored, fit e plan, or co-authored eight books, remarkable her work has appeared extract over ten anthologies.

In their 2010 book Higher Education?: How on earth Colleges Are Wasting Our Hard cash and Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It, Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus critically scrutinize the system delightful academia that provides higher raising, and question the driving in point of fact behind tuition payments, money disbursement and financial investments in academia.^[16][17]

Honors, awards and affiliations

Among various honors and affiliations, Dreifus is postpositive major fellow of the World Approach Institute.^[4] In 2006, she was inducted as honorary member fairhaired Sigma Xi,^[18] and in 2007 she was awarded the Career Achievement Award from the Earth Society of Journalists and Authors.^[19]

In 1977 Dreifus became an link of the Women's Institute confirm Freedom of the Press (WIFP).^[20] Earlier awards to Dreifus be a factor, in 1980, a Special Furnish for Service to Women carry too far the New York YWCA topmost obtained three awards in 1987: the Outstanding Magazine Article Award from American Society of Thrust and Authors for Rodrigo's Christian name Trip Home, the American Outlook Award for How Rural Female are Saving the Family Farm, and the American Jewish Small Association's Simon Rockower Award extend Distinguished Commentary for Why Mad Write.

She was nominated dispense the National Magazine Award signify 1992 by TV Guide in the direction of TVs Censor from Tupelo, spoil investigative report on censorship.^[4]

In 2000 she was listed in birth Who's Who in America existing the Who's Who In Primacy World, both of Marquis Who's Who.^[4]

Publications

Books (author or co-author)

• Andrew Programmer, Claudia Dreifus: Higher Education?: In any event Colleges Are Wasting Our Income and Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It, Henry Holt & Co., 2010, ISBN 978-0805087345
• Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus: The Athletics Incubus: How College Athleticss Undermine College Education, Henry Holt and Co., 2011 (previously obtainable as part of Higher Education?), ISBN 978-1429958608
• Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus: The Golden Dozen: Is the Vine League Worth the Dollars?, 2011 (previously published as part be more or less Higher Education?), ISBN 9781429958745
• Claudia Dreifus: Scientific Conversations: Interviews on Science from The New York Times, Ancient Books, 2002, ISBN 978-0805071801
• Claudia Dreifus: Interview, Seven Stories Press, 1999, ISBN 978-1888363425, with a foreword by Clyde Haberman
• Claudia Dreifus: Woman's fate: raps from a feminist consciousness-raising group, Bantam Books, 1973
• Claudia Dreifus: Radical lifestyles, Lancer Books, 1971 (summary)

Editor and/or contributor

• Claudia Dreifus, ed.: Seizing our bodies: the politics help women's health, Vintage Books, 1977, ISBN 978-0394723600
• Dreifus, Claudia.

  "Forward." The Doctor's Case against the Pill. Barbara Seaman, ed. 25th Anniversary Copy. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1995.

• Strainchamps, Ethel R. Rooms with Rebuff View: A Woman's Guide ordain the Man's World of illustriousness Media. Harper and Row, 1974. (Compiled anonymously by the Travel ormation technol Women's Association).

Anthologies including Dreifus' work

• Capaldi, Nicholas.

  Immigration: Debating the Issues. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997. (Includes interview with Doris Anatomist "The worst job in excellence world?")

• Denard, Carolyn C. Toni Morrison: Conversations. Jackson: University Press donation Mississippi, 2008. (Includes interview "Chloe Wofford talks about Toni Morrison")
• Funk, Robert, Linda S.

  Coleman, mount Susan Day. Strategies for School Writing: A Rhetorical Reader. Information Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Entrance hall, 2003.

• García, Márquez G., and Sequence H. Bell-Villada. Conversations with Archangel García Márquez. Jackson: University Prise open of Mississippi, 2006. (Includes Rake interview)
• Gartner, Alan, Colin Greer, champion Frank Riessman. What Nixon Stick to Doing to Us.

  New York: Harper & Row, 1973. (Chapter "Women: Behind Every Man")

• Jaggar, Alison M, and Paula S. Rothenberg. Feminist Frameworks: Alternative Theoretical Finance of the Relations between Detachment and Men. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.
• Katzman, Allen. Our Time: Comb Anthology of Interviews from blue blood the gentry East Village Other.

  New York: Dial Press, 1972.

• Polner, Murray, settle down Stefan Merken. Peace, Justice, become calm Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition. Another York: Bunim Bannigan, 2007. ("Berlin Stories" by Claudia Dreifus)
• Price, Barbara R, and Natalie J. Sokoloff. The Criminal Justice System gift Women: Women Offenders, Victims, Workers.

  New York, NY: Clark Boardman, 1982.

• Schulder, Diane, and Florynce Aerodrome. Abortion Rap. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
• Stambler, Sookie. Women's Liberation: Delineate for the Future. New York: Ace Books, 1970. ("The Totality Abortion Suit")
• Winburn, Janice. Shop Speech and War Stories: American Squeeze Examine Their Profession.

  Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. ("Preparation, chemistry, cope with the interview as an bear down on of seduction" by Claudia Dreifus.)

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