Jodee Blanco (born March 19, 1964) is an American author and lecturer.[1] She is the author of Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . One Woman's Inspirational Story, a New York Times best selling memoir that led to her becoming an anti-bullying crusader.[2][3] She was an adjunct faculty member at the Center for Publishing at New York University.[3]
Jodee Blanco | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 March 1964 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelor of Arts in Journalism |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Occupation | Author & Lecturer |
| Website | www |
Early life and education
editBorn in Chicago, Illinois, Blanco was raised in Evergreen Park, and Palos Park, Illinois.[4] She attended Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Illinois and The American Community School in Halandri, Greece.[5]
Blanco completed an associate's degree from The School of Continuing Education at New York Universityin 1984 and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York University's Washington Square School of Arts & Sciences in 1986.[5]
Career
editFrom 1986 to 1991, Blanco was senior publicist for Diane Glynn Publicity, Inc. in New York.[6] In 1992, she founded Blanco & Peace, Ltd. with publicist Lissy Peace, where she created multi-media campaigns for celebrities, corporations, production companies and publishers. Among the individuals and entities that she's worked with include Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen, Oleg Cassini, Universal Studios, Warner Books, among others.[6]
From 2000-2003 Blanco was an adjunct faculty member at New York University's Center for Publishing, teaching courses on literary publicity and communications.[3] In 2001-2003, she taught communications and public relations at the Graham School at the University of Chicago.[3]
In 2000, Blanco co-authored (with Catherine Lanigan) The Evolving Woman (Health Communications Inc.), a non-fiction work focusing on domestic violence.[7] The book received the Celebration of Hope Award from then-senator Joe Biden.[7] In 2003, her memoir Please Stop Laughing at Me . . . One Woman's Inspirational Story (Simon & Schuster) became a New York Times bestseller.[4] The book established her as an early voice of the anti-bullying movement and gave rise to her lecture series aimed at reducing bullying in American schools.[8]
Blanco has delivered her lecture series, It's NOT Just Joking Around!™ (INJJA), to students, teachers and parents in schools across the United States.[9] She is the author of eight books and co-author of three. Her work has been featured on CBS,[10] CNN,[11] The New York Times[12] and other notable media.[13]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lauren Gugwor,"Author Jodee Blanco at NEIU". neiuindependent.org. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "School bullying activist: I know the terror Phoebe felt". edition.cnn.com. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Episode 35: Jodee Blanco, Author and Survivor Turned Activist". nyu.edu. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b Rick Kogan,"Miller Beach author gives new life to the man behind 'A Confederacy of Dunces'". chicagotribune.com. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b "The Leading Speakers Bureau for Booking Top Entertainment, Celebrities, and Speakers". allamericanspeakers.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Jodee Blanco, writer and speaker on bullying coming to Whitehall". poststar.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ a b Josh Troy,"Learning to battle the bully inside us all". pressregister.com. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Tim Murphy,"Bullying's Hidden Danger". thedailybeast.com. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "Renowned Author and Bullying Survivor, Jodee Blanco, Inspires Marian High School with Anti-Bullying Seminar". marian-hs.org. 6 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley". cbsnews.com/evening-news. 27 February 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "Are you an 'adult survivor of peer abuse'?". edition.cnn.com. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "New & Noteworthy, From Galileo to 'Dunces'". nytimes.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ "The novel that almost never was: John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces". irishtimes.com. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2024.