Jennifer Michael Hecht
| Jennifer Michael Hecht | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 23, 1965 Glen Cove, New York, United States |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA in history from Adelphi University PhD in the History of Science from Columbia University |
| Occupation | College professor |
| Spouse(s) | John Chaneski (2 children) |
| Website | www |
Jennifer Michael Hecht (born November 23, 1965) is a teacher, author, poet, historian, and philosopher. She was an associate professor of history at Nassau Community College (1994-2007) and now teaches at The New School in New York City.
Hecht has seven published books, her scholarly articles have been published in many journals and magazines, and her poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Republic, Ms. Magazine, and Poetry Magazine, among others. She has also written essays and book reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The American Scholar, The Boston Globe and other publications. She has written several columns for The New York Times online "Times Select."
Hecht is a longtime blogger for The Best American Poetry series web site and maintains a personal blog on her website. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Born in Glen Cove, New York on Long Island, Hecht attended Adelphi University where she earned a BA in history, for a time studying at the Université de Caen, and the Université d'Angers. She earned her PhD in the History of Science from Columbia University in 1995 and taught at Nassau Community College from 1994 to 2007, finally as a tenured associate professor of history. Hecht has taught in the MFA programs at The New School and Columbia University, and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities.
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