Claudia Dreifus is adjunct associate professor of international affairs and media at the School of International and Public Affairs of Columbia University.
15 Facts About Claudia Dreifus
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Claudia Dreifus was born in New York City to Marianne and Henry Dreifus, both German-Jewish refugees.
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Henry Dreifus was a mechanic in the US Army at the time of her birth and later went on to become involved in local politics.
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Claudia Dreifus obtained her bachelor of science in dramatic arts from New York University.
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Claudia Dreifus was active in student politics as the leader of Students for a Democratic Society and Students for Democratic Reform.
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Claudia Dreifus began to work as a journalist in the mid-1960s.
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Claudia Dreifus had a regular column in the underground newspaper The East Village Other and contributed to other small presses.
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Claudia Dreifus published reviews of feminist authors Germaine Greer and Florynce Kennedy.
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Claudia Dreifus interviewed Benazir Bhutto and Aung San Suu Kyi for The New York Times.
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Claudia Dreifus kept up her established work as an interviewer for major celebrities, such as Toni Morrison, Bette Midler and Samuel L Jackson.
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Claudia Dreifus's works have appeared in various journals including The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek, Smithsonian, AARP The Magazine, and Scientific American.
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In 2006, Claudia Dreifus was named an Honorary Member of Sigma Xi for her ability to illuminate the work of scientists for a wide public.
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Claudia Dreifus has authored, edited, or co-authored eight books, and her work has appeared in over ten anthologies.
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In 1977 Claudia Dreifus became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press.
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Claudia Dreifus was nominated for the National Magazine Award of 1992 by TV Guide for TVs Censor from Tupelo, an investigative report on censorship.