Mandy Van Deven


Mandy Van Deven is a writer, editor, and communications strategist. She is the co-author of and the editor of . She has written for Salon, The Guardian, Refinery29, GlobalPost, Marie Claire, and Newsweek.

Background

Van Deven was raised in Athens, Georgia and attended Georgia State University in Atlanta, where she got involved in social justice activism and independent media. She moved to New York City in 2003 and became a community organizer at . She has a Master of Social Work from the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College.

Career

Van Deven has written about child marriage, women's safety in public spaces, gender-based violence in Latin America, making humanitarian aid more accountable, poverty in America, and global health.
She was the guest editor of the Summer 2010 issue of Barnard Center for Research on Women's online journal, “The Scholar & Feminist Online.” The issue was entitled .
In 2011, she co-wrote with Girls for Gender Equity's founder and executive director, Joanne N. Smith, and former director of community organizing, Meghan Huppuch.
Van Deven has spoken to audiences throughout the United States, including at Barnard College and Sarah Lawrence College. She has been featured in Mic, Salon, In These Times, Progressive Radio, and Alternet.

Selected bibliography