Alexandra Robbins

Alexandra Robbins is a journalist, lecturer, and author. Her books focus on young adults, education, and modern college life. Five of her books have been New York Times Bestsellers.

Biography

Education She graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994 where she was editor-in-chief of her high school newspaper, the Black & White.

She graduated summa cum laude from Yale University in 1998 where she was a member of Scroll and Key.

Writing Robbins has won several awards for her writing. Her book The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth won the Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Award in the 2011 Goodreads Choice Awards. Robbins also received a Books for a Better Life Award in 2012.

In 2014, Robbins was the winner of the John Bartlow Martin Award for Public Interest Magazine Journalism. Her article, "Children Are Dying," investigated a shortage of critical nutrients that premature babies and other patients need to survive. One week after Washingtonian Magazine published Robbins’ article, the FDA agreed to import the nutrients from other countries.

On May 28, 2015, Robbins wrote a New York Times op-ed about inadequate nurse staffing at hospitals in the United States.

She has also written for a variety of publications, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, and Salon.com.

Bush educational record Along with author Jane Mayer, she broke the story about President Bush's college grades and SATs in The New Yorker in June 2000. The article got such media attention that reporters called to interview her and asked what her SAT scores were. She has not made her scores known publicly.

Robbins has also appeared on 60 Minutes, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Coast To Coast AM, The Today Show, Paula Zahn Now, The View, CBS Early Show, The Smart Woman Survival Guide, The O'Reilly Factor, and Anderson Cooper 360°, and networks including CNN, NPR, the BBC, MSNBC, CNBC, C-SPAN, and the History Channel.

Books Robbins, Alexandra (2023) The Teachers: A Year Inside America’s Most Vulnerable, Important Profession, Dutton