About Deborah Fallows
Deborah Fallows was an American writer and linguist.
Deborah Fallows is an American writer and linguist. She is a fellow at the New America Foundation, and was assistant dean in languages and linguistics at Georgetown University.
Early life and education Fallows grew up in both Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vermilion, Ohio.
She graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University and received a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from the University of Texas.
From 2012 to 2017, Fallows and her husband, James Fallows, flew their single-engine plane across America to visit small towns, which was the basis of their latest book, Our Towns (2018). The book was made into an HBO documentary film in 2021.
Fallows and her husband started the Our Towns Civic Foundation in 2021.
Personal life With James Fallows she has two sons and six grandchildren.
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