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Research Areas
Gender and Justice (including Sex Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Media Criticism); Fraud and Corruption in International Adoption; LGBT Issues (including Same-Sex Marriage)
Education
M.F.A., Warren Wilson College
B.A., Ohio University Honors Tutorial College
Links
Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism
Getting Even: Why Women Don't Get Paid Like Men — And What to Do About It
What is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff is a senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, where she researches and reports on injustices facing women and children. Previously, Graff collaborated with former Lt. Governor Evelyn Murphy on her book Getting Even: Why Women Still Don’t Make As Much As Men--And What To Do So We Will (Simon and Schuster/ Touchstone, 2005), which investigated how illegal discrimination contributes to the gender wage gap. Graff’s first book, What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 2004), examined more than 2,500 years of history of a central pillar of our social life.
Graff’s award-winning work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Good Housekeeping, The Nation, and many anthologies. She has appeared in documentaries and been interviewed widely on public, commercial, and satellite radio and television, including ABC, BBC, MTV, and NPR. She has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute and Harvard Law School. Her work is cited in legal journals and NGO documents, used in courses, entered as courtroom exhibits, and quoted by policymaking bodies.
Current Projects
As an author and journalist, E.J. Graff publishes and speaks widely on social justice and human rights issues. She specializes in in-depth research and clear and moving examinations of highly complex subjects. Her commentary and conclusions are lively, informed, often funny, and always from an unexpected point of view.
Representative Publications
Murphy, Evelyn F. with E.J. Graff. Getting Even: Why Women Still Don’t Get Paid Like Men – And What To Do About It. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005.
Graff, E.J. What is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution. Boston: Beacon Press, 1999, 2004.