Debra Schultz

Debra Schutz

Dr. Debra Schultz is a historian and the author of “Going South: Jewish Women in the Civil Rights Movement” (New York University Press).  She is a founder of the Soros Foundation’s International Women’s Program and served for ten years as its Director of Programs.  She has taught history and women’s studies at the New School, Rutgers University, and Laguardia Community College, and was a CUNY Graduate Center Writing Fellow this past academic year.  With the support of her wacky Brooklyn writer’s group, she is working on memoir and creative nonfiction related to her international work.Desert Delight Contributor.