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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Florida students may get a whitewashed version of Rosa Parks' brave civil rights protest. Deborah Booth says textbook publishers need to show some courage, too. -
Many of us have a mail-in ballot in our hands already for the April 4, 2023 election. Deborah Booth has advice on becoming an informed voter. -
Deborah Booth says it's 1912 all over again for the GOP as it deals with splits in the party. -
Your kids don't share your interests? Deborah Booth says don't be disappointed, they're finding their own way. -
Deborah Booth takes stock of what she's thankful for this Thanksgiving Day. -
"Pink slime journalism" isn't new, but Deborah Booth tells us it's more brazen than ever. And it's as disgusting as it sounds... -
Students are eager, even fierce, about the prospect of voting this fall. Deborah Booth says there's one good reason. -
Deborah Booth wonders why she doesn't have to scrape so many bugs off her windshield any more. -
Deborah Booth says the recent Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade will hurt poor families. -
Deborah Booth says the majority of Americans want common sense gun reforms — and only the power of the vote can take down the power of the gun lobby.
