Eileen McNamara
Degrees
Columbia University, M.S.Barnard College, B.A.
Expertise
Journalism, society, and politics.Profile
Eileen McNamara is Director of the Journalism Program at Brandeis and the author of Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World, published in April 2018 by Simon & Schuster. A Professor of the Practice of Journalism since 2007, she was previously an award-winning reporter and columnist for The Boston Globe, where she won a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary and contributed to the coverage of the clergy sex abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston. Her writing continues to appear there and on Cognoscenti, the commentary pages of WBUR.org, Boston's National Public Radio station.Courses Taught
| AMST | 46b | American Biography |
| AMST | 137b | Journalism in Twentieth-Century America |
| EL | 10a | Experiential Learning Practicum |
| JOUR | 104a | Political Packaging in America |
| JOUR | 107b | Media and Public Policy |
| JOUR | 110b | Ethics in Journalism |
| JOUR | 138b | The Contemporary World in Print |
| JOUR | 145a | Opinion Writing |
Awards and Honors
Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2011)
The Yankee Quill Award, The Academy of New England Journalists (2007)
Distinguished Writing Award, American Society of Newspaper Editors (1997)
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, Emerson College (1997)
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary (1997)
Sigma Delta Chi, National Magazine Writing Award for "Death in Cell 103" (1993)
Sigma Delta Chi, National Magazine Writing Award for "When Children Kill" (1992)
Robert F. Kennedy Foundation, Public Service Citation for "Birth In The Death Zones" (1991)
Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University (1988)
Scholarship
McNamara, Eileen. Eunice: The Kennedy Who Changed the World. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2018.
McNamara, Eileen/Eric Roth. The Parting Glass: A Toast To The Traditional Pubs of Ireland. Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2006.
McNamara, Eileen. Breakdown: Sex, Suicide and the Harvard Psychiatrist. Pocket Books, 1994.
McNamara, Eileen. Eye on the President George Bush: History in Essays & Cartoons (Abortion Essay). Chronos Publishing, 1993.