Jennifer Margulis
Encyclopedia
Jennifer Margulis is an American writer, educator and photojournalist. She is the author of two books and the editor of two others, and has published hundreds of articles in major American magazines and newspapers on the topics of travel, culture, parenting, health, and international politics. She is the daughter of microbiologist Lynn Margulis
and X-ray crystallographer Thomas N. Margulis, PhD. She is an advocate of the natural parenting movement espoused by William Sears, MD
, anthropologist Meredith Small, PhD
, and others, which promotes extended breastfeeding, responding quickly to a baby's cries, and infant carrying. Her article in Mothering magazine, "Mommy, I Want Nummies: The Benefits of Nursing Past Three," has become a widely quoted media resource on the topic of extended nursing. The birth of her fourth child, at home and without a midwife, doctor, or other attendant save her husband, was the subject of an AP article on the practice of unattended birth, and of an article on the same subject on MSNBC.com.
in 1990. She earned a Master's Degree in Comparative Literature in 1992 from the University of California at Berkeley
. In 1999 she earned a PhD in English from Emory University
, specializing in 19th century American literature and African-American literature.
Margulis was a contributing editor at Mothering magazine and wrote a blog on the Mothering.com website, "Mothering Outside the Lines," during 2009-2011, until the ceasing of the print publication.
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted...
and X-ray crystallographer Thomas N. Margulis, PhD. She is an advocate of the natural parenting movement espoused by William Sears, MD
William Sears (physician)
William Penton Sears is an American pediatrician and the author or co-author of more than 30 parenting books, most notably several in the "Sears Parenting Library." He is a frequent guest on television talkshows, where he goes by the name Dr. Bill...
, anthropologist Meredith Small, PhD
Meredith Small
Meredith F. Small is a Professor of Anthropology at Cornell University and popular science author. She was born November 20, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri. She has been widely published in academic journals, and her research is well presented in her most popular book: "Our Babies, Ourselves". She...
, and others, which promotes extended breastfeeding, responding quickly to a baby's cries, and infant carrying. Her article in Mothering magazine, "Mommy, I Want Nummies: The Benefits of Nursing Past Three," has become a widely quoted media resource on the topic of extended nursing. The birth of her fourth child, at home and without a midwife, doctor, or other attendant save her husband, was the subject of an AP article on the practice of unattended birth, and of an article on the same subject on MSNBC.com.
Education
Margulis graduated magna cum laude from Cornell UniversityCornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
in 1990. She earned a Master's Degree in Comparative Literature in 1992 from the University of California at Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. In 1999 she earned a PhD in English from Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
, specializing in 19th century American literature and African-American literature.
Career
Margulis was awarded an International Foundation for Education and Self-Help Fellowship and worked for Africare/Niger overseeing small-scale development projects. She returned to the United States in 1993 and worked for the corporate philanthropic unit of Reebok to manage the Reebok Human Rights Award. Margulis was Fulbright professor at the University of Abdou Moumouni in Niger, West Africa during the 2006-2007 academic year, where she taught 19th century American literature. Her research followed the long-term effectiveness of development projects she had worked on in 1992. She also published articles on the wild giraffe and hippo populations in Niger.Margulis was a contributing editor at Mothering magazine and wrote a blog on the Mothering.com website, "Mothering Outside the Lines," during 2009-2011, until the ceasing of the print publication.