Monica Crowley
| Monica Crowley | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 19, 1968 Fort Huachuca, Sierra Vista, Arizona, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Ph.D., International Affairs Columbia University |
| Occupation | Columnist, author, television and talk radio personality. |
Monica Crowley (born September 19, 1968) is an American columnist, political commentator, talk radio personality, and author. She is known for her appearances on Fox News. She is currently the online opinion editor for The Washington Times and regular columnist. She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[1][2]
Early life and education
Crowley was born at Fort Huachuca,[3] an Army base located outside of Sierra Vista, Arizona and grew up in Warren Township, New Jersey. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in International Relations from Columbia University (2000).[4]
Career
As a student, Crowley began writing letters to former President Richard Nixon, who hired her as a research assistant in 1990 when she was 22 years old.[4] She was an editorial adviser and consultant on Nixon's last two books, and following Nixon's death, she published two books about him.
In the mid-1990s Crowley wrote a column for the New York Post. She has also written for The New Yorker,[5] The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, and The Washington Times
Radio
Crowley was a commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition in the mid-1990s.[6] Since 2002, she 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.[7]
Television
In 1996 Crowley joined Fox News Channel, where she is a foreign affairs and political analyst. She occasionally substitutes for Sean Hannity on Fox News Channel's Hannity. 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. Crowley has also been a recurring guest on Imus in the Morning and has hosted the MSNBC broadcast The Best of Imus in the Morning. In 2007 she returned as a contributor to Fox News Channel. She was a regular participant on The McLaughlin Group from late 2007.
Crowley is an occasional panelist on Fox News Channel's late-night satire show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld. Since 2009 she has been a guest host for Bill O'Reilly on The O'Reilly Factor and appears opposite Alan Colmes on Tuesday's O'Reilly Factor in a segment called "Barack and a Hard Place." She is also an occasional guest host on the daily (5:00 pm ET) Fox opinion show, The Five.
Crowley appeared in the Netflix original series of House of Cards, portraying herself.
Personal life
Crowley grew up in New Jersey but currently resides in the New York City area. She is a board member of the Center for Security Policy.
Crowley's sister Jocelyn, an associate professor at Rutgers University, is married to Fox News Channel contributor Alan Colmes.[8]
Bibliography
- Nixon In Winter. I.b. Tauris Co Ltd. 1998. ISBN 978-1-86064-266-1.
- Nixon Off the Record: His Candid Commentary on People and Politics. Random House. 1998. ISBN 978-0-375-75135-6.
References
- ↑ "Membership Roster – Council on Foreign Relations". Cfr.org. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "Monica Crowley | Stories - Washington Times". www.washingtontimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
- ↑ http://www.makers.com/monica-crowley
- 1 2 Romano, Carlin (August 27, 1996). "Taking good notes helped Monica Crowley, 27". The News. New York. pp. 9A.
- ↑ See "Nixon Unplugged," The New Yorker Magazine, July 29, 1996
- ↑ "Monica Crowley". WABC Radio. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ↑ "TRN Entertainment Announces Continuation of the Weekend Monica Crowley Show – Talk Radio Network". Trn1.com. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
- ↑ "Monica Crowley, Sister Of Alan Colmes' Wife Jocelyn". Huffington Post. November 12, 2008. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
External links
- Monica Crowley at the Internet Movie Database
- Monica Crowley's website
- Monica Crowley, WABC-AM
- Monica Crowley, Westwood One
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Monica Crowley Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America