Naomi Schaefer Riley Explained

Naomi Schaefer Riley
Birth Name:	Naomi Schaefer
Occupation:	Lecturer, non-fiction writer, editor, and blogger
Children:	3
Alma Mater:	Harvard College

Naomi Schaefer Riley (Schaefer; born c. 1977) is an American conservative^[1] commentator and author.^[2] 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.^[3] Prior to this assignment, she founded the magazine In Character.

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,^[4] which resulted in a social media backlash, kicked off by an essay by Tressie McMillan Cottom^{[5] [6]} and a petition demanding her firing, which contained roughly 6,500 names.^[7]

Personal life

She graduated from Harvard College in 1998,^[8] magna cum laude. She and her husband (since 2004), Jason Riley,^[9] have three children.^[10]

Writing

• God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America, Ivan R. Dee (2006);
• The Faculty Lounges … And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Pay For, Ivan R. Dee (2011);
• 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);
• 'Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America, Oxford University Press (2013);
• Opportunity and Hope: Transforming Children's Lives through Scholarships, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2014);
• Got Religion?: How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back, Templeton Press (2014);
• The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians, Encounter Books (2016);

External links

• "Columbia mattress case is not justice, it's shaming without proof", nypost.com, February 8, 2015; accessed March 14, 2015.
• "No, New York Post, feminism is not imploding", slate.com, August 6, 2014; accessed February 24, 2015.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Q&A with Naomi Schaefer Riley C-SPAN.org. January 25, 2021. www.c-span.org. en-us.
2. http://naomiriley.com/ Naomi Schaefer Riley official website
3. https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304363104577391842133259230 Profile
4. Web site: The Most Persuasive Case for Eliminating Black Studies? Just Read the Dissertations.. Brainstorm – Blogs. The Chronicle of Higher Education. April 30, 2012. Naomi Schaefer Riley. Naomi Schaefer . Riley. December 10, 2016.
5. Web site: McMillan Cottom . Tressie . The Inferiority of Blackness as a Subject . TressieMc.com . May 2, 2012 . May 22, 2021.
6. Book: McMillan Cottom . Tressie . Thick And Other Essays . 2019 . . 244 . 978-1-62097-436-0.
7. http://reason.com/archives/2012/05/16/liberal-intolerance-and-the-firing-of-na "Liberal intolerance and the firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley"
8. Web site: December 10, 2016 . Remembering 9/11 . Harvard Gazette . August 30, 2011 .
9. Web site: WEDDINGS/CELEBRATIONS; Naomi Schaefer, Jason Riley. New York Times. May 23, 2004. December 10, 2016.
10. http://naomiriley.com/about Official website