Claudia Dreifus is an American journalist, educator and lecturer, producer of the weekly feature ''“Conversation with…”'' of the Science Section of ''
The New York Times
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'', and known for her interviews with leading figures in world politics and science. She is adjunct associate professor of international affairs and media at the
School of International and Public Affairs
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(SIPA) of
Columbia University
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.
Early life
Claudia Dreifus was born in New York City to Marianne and Henry Dreifus, both German-Jewish refugees.
[Marianne Jorjorian Collection](_blank)
AR 25656. Leo Baeck Institute, New York, NY. Henry Dreifus was a mechanic in the U.S. Army at the time of her birth and later went on to become involved in local politics.
Claudia Dreifus obtained her bachelor of science in
dramatic arts
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from
New York University
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In 1832, the ...
.
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World Policy Institute (downloaded 24 March 2012) She was active in student politics as the leader of
Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships ...
(SDS) and Students for Democratic Reform (SDR). After graduation, she worked as a labor organizer for hospital workers,
Local 1199. During this time, she also began working as a freelance journalist.
Career
Journalism
Dreifus began to work as a journalist in the mid-1960s. She had a regular column in the underground newspaper ''
The East Village Other'' and contributed to other small presses. During the 1970s, she interviewed female figures including performing artists
Goldie Hawn
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and
Loretta Lynn
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and congresswomen
Patsy Mink
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and
Eleanor Holmes Norton
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Earl ...
. She also published reviews of feminist authors
Germaine Greer
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Specializing in English and women's literatu ...
and
Florynce Kennedy
Florynce Rae Kennedy (February 11, 1916 – December 21, 2000) was an American lawyer, radical feminist, civil rights advocate, lecturer and activist.
Early life
Kennedy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to an African-American family. Her ...
.
By the 1980s, she had established a reputation for her incisive interviews with famous persons in politics and culture. During this time, she interviewed
Harry Belafonte
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(1982),
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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(''
Playboy
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K ...
'', 1983), and
Daniel Ortega
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(''
Playboy
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K ...
'', 1987).
In the 1990s, Dreifus increasingly took on interviews related to major political figures. She interviewed
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...
(1994) and
Aung San Suu Kyi
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for ''The New York Times'' (1996). She also kept up her established work as an interviewer for major celebrities, such as
Toni Morrison
Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (born Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist. Her first novel, ''The Bluest Eye'', was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed '' So ...
,
Bette Midler
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and
Samuel L. Jackson
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.
Over the course of her career, Dreifus' interviews and long-form narrative articles have appeared in ''
Ms.
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'', ''
The Nation
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'', ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
'', ''
Playgirl
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'', ''
The Progressive
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'', ''
Mother Jones
Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...
'', ''
Cosmopolitan
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Food and drink
* Cosmopolitan (cocktail), also known as a "Cosmo"
History
* Rootless cosmopolitan, a Soviet derogatory epithet during Joseph Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign of 1949–1953
Hotels and resorts
* Cosmopoli ...
'', ''
Ladies Home Journal
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'', ''
New Woman
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'', ''
the liberal democrat'', ''
New York Post
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It was established ...
'', ''
Newsday
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'', ''
Parade
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'', ''
Penthouse
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*Penthouse apartment, a special apartment on the top floor of a building
*Penthouse (magazine), ''Penthouse'' (magazine), a British-founded men's magazine
*Mechanical penthouse, a floor, typically located directly u ...
'', ''
Present Tense
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'', ''
Redbook
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'', and others.
In 1999, Dreifus began to write the regular “Conversation with…” feature of the Tuesday Science Section of ''The New York Times''.
Interviewees have included
Abraham Loeb
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,
2012
Eric R. Kandel and
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, in 2011
George Dyson,
Jack W. Szostak
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,
Daniel Lieberman
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,
Stephen Hawking,
Janet Rowley
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, in 2010
Jane Goodall
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,
David Weatherall
Sir David John Weatherall, (9 March 1933 – 8 December 2018) was a British physician and researcher in molecular genetics, haematology, pathology and clinical medicine.
Early life and education
David Weatherall was born in Liverpool.Geoff Wa ...
,
Diana Reiss
Diana Reiss (born 1948 or 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a professor of psychology at Hunter College and in the graduate program of Animal Behavior and Comparative Psychology at the City University of New York. Reiss's research has focused ...
,
Vanessa Woods
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A graduate of the Australian National University with a Master's degree in Scien ...
,
Elaine Fuchs
Elaine V. Fuchs is an American cell biologist famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, who helped lead the modernization of dermatology. Fuchs pioneered reverse genetics approaches, which ...
,
Jeffrey L. Bada,
Sean M. Carroll
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,
Peter Pronovost
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,
Samuel Wang, in 2009
Frank A. Wilczek,
Laurence Steinberg
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Steinberg is a professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is a Distinguished University P ...
,
Brian J. Druker,
Carol W. Greider
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,
Martin Chalfie
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,
Paul Root Wolpe
Through this work for ''The New York Times'' Tuesday Science Section, Dreifus has become increasingly involved in writing about the lives and work of scientists.
Her works have appeared in various journals including ''
The New York Times Magazine
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'', ''
Newsweek
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'', ''
Smithsonian'', ''
AARP The Magazine
''AARP: The Magazine'' is an American bi-monthly magazine, published by AARP, which focuses on aging-related issues.
History and operations
In 1958, AARP began publishing a magazine titled ''Modern Maturity.'' ''Modern Maturity'' was later spli ...
'', and ''
Scientific American
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''. In 2006, Dreifus was named an Honorary Member of
Sigma Xi
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for her ability to illuminate the work of scientists for a wide public.
University instructor
In the 1990s, Dreifus worked as a teacher in the Graduate Department of English at the
City University of New York
The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper divis ...
.
Since about 2004, she has been an adjunct associate professor of international affairs and media at the
School of International and Public Affairs
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(SIPA) of
Columbia University
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.
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, www.highereducationquestionmark.com (downloaded 24 March 2012)
Author
Dreifus has authored, edited, or co-authored eight books, and her work has appeared in over ten anthologies.
In their 2010 book ''Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It'',
Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus critically scrutinize the system of academia that provides
higher education
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, and question the driving factors behind
tuition payments
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, money spending and financial investments in academia.
Honors, awards and affiliations
Among various honors and affiliations, Dreifus is senior fellow of the World Policy Institute.
In 2006, she was inducted as honorary member of
Sigma Xi
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society () is a highly prestigious, non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 ...
, and in 2007 she was awarded the ''Career Achievement Award'' from the
American Society of Journalists and Authors
The American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) was founded in 1948 as the Society of Magazine Writers, and is the professional association of independent nonfiction writers in the United States.
History
The organization was established in ...
.
In 1977 Dreifus became an associate of the
Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press
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Basic infor ...
(WIFP).
Earlier awards to Dreifus included, in 1980, a ''Special Award for Service to Women'' from the New York
YWCA
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The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...
and obtained three awards in 1987: the ''Outstanding Magazine Article Award'' from American Society of Journalists and Authors for ''Rodrigo's Last Trip Home'', the ''American Values Award'' for ''How Rural Woman are Saving the Family Farm'', and the
American Jewish Press Association
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Phoenix ( ; nv, Hoozdo; ...
's ''Simon Rockower Award for Distinguished Commentary'' for ''Why I Write''. She was nominated for the
National Magazine Award
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of 1992 by TV Guide for ''TVs Censor from Tupelo'', an
investigative report on
censorship
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.
In 2000 she was listed in the ''Who's Who in America'' and the ''Who's Who In The World'', both of
Marquis Who's Who
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.
Publications
;Books (author or co-author)
* Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus: ''Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids—and What We Can Do About It'', Henry Holt & Co., 2010,
* Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus: ''The Athletics Incubus: How College Sports Undermine College Education'', Henry Holt and Co., 2011 (previously published as part of ''Higher Education?''),
* Andrew Hacker, Claudia Dreifus: ''The Golden Dozen: Is the Ivy League Worth the Dollars?'', 2011 (previously published as part of ''Higher Education?''),
* Claudia Dreifus: ''Scientific Conversations: Interviews on Science from ''The New York Times', Times Books, 2002,
* Claudia Dreifus: ''Interview'', Seven Stories Press, 1999, , with a foreword by
Clyde Haberman
Clyde Haberman (born May 18, 1945) is an American journalist who has contributed to ''The New York Times'' in various capacities since 1977.
Early life and education
Haberman was raised in an Orthodox Jewish family and attended yeshiva through 8t ...
* 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 of women's health'', Vintage Books, 1977,
* Dreifus, Claudia. “Forward.” ''The Doctor's Case against the Pill''. Barbara Seaman, ed. 25th Anniversary Edition. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1995.
* Strainchamps, Ethel R. ''Rooms with No View: A Woman's Guide to the Man’s World of the Media''. Harper and Row, 1974. (Compiled anonymously by the Media Women's Association).
;Anthologies including Dreifus' work
*Capaldi, Nicholas. ''Immigration: Debating the Issues''. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997. (Includes interview with Doris Meissner "The worst job in the world?")
*Denard, Carolyn C. ''Toni Morrison: Conversations''. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2008. (Includes interview “Chloe Wofford talks about Toni Morrison”)
*Funk, Robert, Linda S. Coleman, and Susan Day. ''Strategies for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader''. Upper Saddle River, N.J: Prentice Hall, 2003.
*García, Márquez G., and Gene H. Bell-Villada. ''Conversations with Gabriel García Márquez''. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2006. (Includes Playboy interview)
*Gartner, Alan, Colin Greer, and Frank Riessman.'' What Nixon Is Doing to Us''. New York: Harper & Row, 1973. (Chapter “Women: Behind Every Man”)
*Jaggar, Alison M, and Paula S. Rothenberg. ''Feminist Frameworks: Alternative Theoretical Accounts of the Relations between Women and Men''. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.
*Katzman, Allen. ''Our Time: An Anthology of Interviews from the East Village Other''. New York: Dial Press, 1972.
*Polner, Murray, and Stefan Merken. ''Peace, Justice, and Jews: Reclaiming Our Tradition''. New York: Bunim Bannigan, 2007. (“Berlin Stories” by Claudia Dreifus)
*Price, Barbara R, and Natalie J. Sokoloff. ''The Criminal Justice System and Women: Women Offenders, Victims, Workers''. New York, NY: Clark Boardman, 1982.
*Schulder, Diane, and Florynce Kennedy. ''Abortion Rap''. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.
*Stambler, Sookie. ''Women's Liberation: Blueprint for the Future''. New York: Ace Books, 1970. (“The Great Abortion Suit”)
*Winburn, Janice. ''Shop Talk and War Stories: American Journalists Examine Their Profession''. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003. (“Preparation, chemistry, and the interview as an act of seduction” by Claudia Dreifus.)
References
External links
Official Claudia Dreifus website
*
Bio of Dreifusfrom the World Policy Institute at the
New School for Social Research
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Publications by Claudia Dreifus at WorldCatEast Village OtherVolume 4, number 24. Example of Dreifus' early work, see page 6 ("The Women's Crusade").
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Living people
American women journalists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
Columbia University faculty