Naomi Schaefer Riley

Naomi Schaefer Riley (née Schaefer; born c. 1977)[1] is an American conservative[2] commentator and author.[3] Her writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, and The Washington Post, among others. At The Wall Street Journal, she covered religion, higher education, and philanthropy for the editorial page.[4] Prior to this assignment, she founded the magazine In Character.

Naomi Schaefer Riley
Born
Naomi Schaefer

1976 or 1977 (age 46–47)
Alma materHarvard College
Occupation(s)Lecturer, non-fiction writer, editor, and blogger
Spouse
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(m. 2004)​
Children3
Websitenaomiriley.com

Riley was a blogger for the Chronicle of Higher Education until she was fired in 2012 after writing a blog arguing for the elimination of Black Studies at university departments,[5] which resulted in a social media backlash, kicked off by an essay by Tressie McMillan Cottom[6][7] and a petition demanding her firing, which contained roughly 6,500 names.[8]

Personal life

She graduated from Harvard College in 1998,[9] magna cum laude. She and her husband (since 2004), Jason Riley,[1] have three children.[10]

Writing
  • God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America, Ivan R. Dee (2006); ISBN 978-1566636988
  • The Faculty Lounges … And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Pay For, Ivan R. Dee (2011); ISBN 978-1566638869
  • Acculturated: 23 Savvy Writers Find Hidden Virtue in Reality TV, Chic Lit, Video Games, and Other Pillars of Pop Culture (co-editor), Templeton Press (2012); ISBN 978-1599474045
  • 'Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America, Oxford University Press (2013); ISBN 978-0199873746
  • Opportunity and Hope: Transforming Children's Lives through Scholarships, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2014); ISBN 978-1442226098
  • Got Religion?: How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back, Templeton Press (2014); ISBN 978-1599473918
  • The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians, Encounter Books (2016); ISBN 978-1594038532

References
  1. "WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley". New York Times. May 23, 2004. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  2. "Q&A with Naomi Schaefer Riley | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
  3. Naomi Schaefer Riley official website; accessed April 22, 2015.
  4. Profile, wsj.com; accessed February 24, 2015.
  5. Riley, Naomi Schaefer (April 30, 2012). "The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations". Brainstorm – Blogs. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  6. McMillan Cottom, Tressie (May 2, 2012). "The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject". TressieMc.com. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  7. McMillan Cottom, Tressie (2019). Thick And Other Essays. The New Press. p. 244. ISBN 978-1-62097-436-0.
  8. "Liberal intolerance and the firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley", reason.com, May 16, 2012.
  9. "Remembering 9/11". Harvard Gazette. August 30, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  10. Official website, naomiriley.com; accessed February 24, 2015.
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