Английская Википедия:Deborah Fallows

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Deborah Fallows is an American writer and linguist. She is a fellow at the New America Foundation,[1][2] and was assistant dean in languages and linguistics at Georgetown University.

Early life and education

Fallows grew up in both Minneapolis, Minnesota and Vermilion, Ohio.[3]

She graduated with a B.A. from Harvard University and received a Ph.D. in theoretical linguistics from the University of Texas.[3]

Career

Fallows was the assistant dean of languages and linguistics at Georgetown University. She chose to be a stay at home mother after the birth of her second son. Fallows wrote of her experiences in her first book, A Mother's Work (1985).[4]

From 2012 to 2017, Fallows and her husband, James Fallows, flew their single-engine plane across America to visit small towns, which was the basis of their latest book, Our Towns (2018).[5] The book was made into an HBO documentary film in 2021.[6]

Fallows and her husband started the Our Towns Civic Foundation in 2021.[7]

Personal life

With James Fallows she has two sons and five grandchildren.[3]

Selected works

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