| Monica Crowley | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 19, 1968 Arizona |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Ph.D., international affairs Columbia University B.A., Political Science Colgate University |
| Occupation | columnist, author, television and talk radio personality. |
Monica Crowley (born September 19, 1968) is an American radio and television commentator, and author based in New York City. She has her own radio show and is a regular commentator on The McLaughlin Group and Fox News.
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Education
Crowley holds a B.A. in Political Science from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in International Relations from Columbia University (2000). The title of her doctoral dissertation was Clearer than truth: Determining and preserving grand strategy. The evolution of American policy toward the People's Republic of China under Truman and Nixon.
Career
Crowley began written correspondence with former President Richard Nixon while attending Columbia which led to the two meeting. She had the opportunity to continue her education at Villanova University but instead accepted a position as a research assistant for Nixon.[1] Nixon praised her "natural ability for foreign policy" and promoted her to Foreign Policy Assistant in 1990. She was an editorial adviser and consultant on his last two books, Seize the Moment (1992) and Beyond Peace (1994). She held the position until Nixon's death in 1994. Crowley used this period to record her conversations and observations about Nixon (she kept a diary), and she published two subsequent books on the former President in his final years: Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People (1996) and Nixon in Winter (1998).
In the mid-1990s Crowley wrote a column for the New York Post and was a commentator for National Public Radio's "Morning Edition". She has written for The New Yorker[2], the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, the Baltimore Sun, and the Washington Times.
She was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Radio
Since 2002, Crowley has had her own radio show, The Monica Crowley Show, which originally had been on weekends on Westwood One and then moved to Talk Radio Network first on Saturdays and then on weekdays 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm ET.
Beginning in July 2009, The Monica Crowley Show went back to its former weekend-only format and has been available as a podcast on iTunes. Talk Radio Network cites various commitments on the part of Crowley that have made it hard for her to continue the daily show.[3]
Television
In 1996, she joined Fox News Channel, where she was a foreign affairs and political analyst. She received her doctorate in international relations from Columbia University during this period. She substituted several times for Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel's Hannity & Colmes.
In 2004, she joined MSNBC's Connected: Coast to Coast with co-host Ron Reagan. After a nine-month run, the last show aired on December 9, 2005. Following the cancellation of Connected: Coast to Coast, MSNBC announced that Crowley would anchor a program in the noon hour. That program never debuted.
She has appeared as a recurring guest on Imus in the Morning and has hosted MSNBC's broadcast of The Best of Imus in the Morning. On October 31, 2005, Crowley appeared on The Colbert Report[4].
In mid 2007, Crowley returned as a contributor to Fox News Channel. She has been a regular participant on The McLaughlin Group since late 2007, taking the seat formerly occupied by conservative journalist Tony Blankley.
Allegations of plagiarism
Crowley was accused of plagiarism in 1999 for an article she authored titled "The Day Nixon Said Goodbye" that appeared in the The Wall Street Journal.[5] After accusations of plagiarism from at least one reader, an acknowledgement of "striking similarities" between Crowley's article and an article by Paul Johnson titled "In Praise of Richard Nixon" in the October 1988 issue of Commentary Magazine was published. Crowley acknowledged the similarity between the pieces but denied the allegation.
Personal life
Crowley was born in Arizona and grew up in Warren Township, New Jersey.[1] She now lives in the New York City area. She is a Boston Red Sox fan.[6] Crowley's sister, Dr. Jocelyn Elise Crowley, associate professor of public policy at Rutgers University, is married to radio/television host Alan Colmes.[7]
Bibliography
- Crowley, Monica (1998). Nixon In Winter. I.b. Tauris Co Ltd. ISBN 978-1860642661.
- Crowley, Monica (1998). Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People and Politics. Random House. ISBN 978-0375751356.
References
- ^ a b Romano, Carlin (August 27, 1996). "Taking good notes helped Monica Crowley, 27". The News (New York): pp. 9A. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7mcQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K44DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3674,3303445&dq=monica-crowley&hl=en.
- ^ See "Nixon Unplugged," The New Yorker Magazine, July 29, 1996
- ^ http://www.trn1.com/monicaweekends
- ^ "October 31, 2005: Monica Crowley", The Colbert Report, October 31, 2005.
- ^ Barringer, Felicity. Media Talk; Journal Article on Nixon Conjures Deja Vu, August 16, 1999.
- ^ America's Morning News. Melanie Morgan and John McCaslin. September 8, 2009.
- ^ "Monica Crowley, Sister Of Alan Colmes' Wife Jocelyn". Huffington Post. November 12, 2008. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/12/monica-crowley-sister-of_n_143462.html. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
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