Deborah Booth
Deborah Booth retired in Fall 2014 from NIU, where she was the director of External Programs for the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
In that role, she ran the NIU Community School of the Arts and organized summer residential arts camps. Earlier jobs included newspaper reporter and public television producer.
She has a bachelor's degree from Franklin and Marshall College and a master's degree in English/film from NIU.
She enjoys films, gardening, music, and reading and currently is working her way through biographies of all the U.S. presidents.
She and her husband Colin have two grown children and have lived in Illinois since 1984.
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Deborah Booth asks DeKalb's leaders to reconsider their position on COVID restrictions. -
Deborah Booth says there's a long road ahead to restore trust in government.
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As more information about the January 6 riot in Washington emerges, Deborah Booth finds the work of the officers on the ground "awe-inspiring and heartbreaking."
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Deborah Booth urges Democrats and Republicans to get off the sidelines and pass voter rights legislation.
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When Deborah Booth's neighbor suffers a mysterious illness, the vultures lose their roost.
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Voting rights are under attack, so Deborah Booth says there might be another way to preserve and protect them.
