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'', among others. At ''The Wall Street Journal'', she covered religion, higher education, and philanthropy for the editorial page. Prior to this assignment, she founded the magazine ''In Character''. Riley was a blogger for the ''

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'' until she was fired in 2012 after writing a blog arguing for the elimination of Black Studies at university departments, which resulted in a social media backlash, kicked off by an essay by

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and a petition demanding her firing, which contained roughly 6,500 names.

Personal life

She graduated from

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in 1998,

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. She and her husband (since 2004), Jason Riley, have three children.Official website
naomiriley.com; accessed February 24, 2015.

Writing

* ''God on the Quad: How Religious Colleges and the Missionary Generation Are Changing America'', Ivan R. Dee (2006); * ''The Faculty Lounges … And Other Reasons Why You Won't Get the College Education You Pay For'', Ivan R. Dee (2011); * ''Acculturated: 23 Savvy Writers Find Hidden Virtue in Reality TV, Chic Lit, Video Games, and Other Pillars of Pop Culture'' (co-editor), Templeton Press (2012); * '''Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America'', Oxford University Press (2013); * ''Opportunity and Hope: Transforming Children's Lives through Scholarships'', Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2014); * ''Got Religion?: How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back'', Templeton Press (2014); * ''The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians'', Encounter Books (2016);

References

External links

"Columbia mattress case is not justice, it's shaming without proof"
nypost.com, February 8, 2015; accessed March 14, 2015.

slate.com, August 6, 2014; accessed February 24, 2015. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schaefer Riley, Naomi Place of birth missing (living people) Date of birth missing (living people) 1970s births American bloggers American editors American columnists Harvard University alumni Living people The Wall Street Journal people 21st-century American non-fiction writers American women columnists American women bloggers 21st-century American women writers