Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning science journalist and book author, Fulbright grantee, and sought-after speaker.

Her writing has appeared in many of the nation’s most respected and credible publications, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and on the cover of Smithsonian magazine.

A meticulous researcher who’s not afraid to be controversial, she is nationally known as a science journalist who opens people’s eyes to the realities behind accepted practices in health care and medicine.

She is a writer who’s not afraid to stick her neck out. But Jennifer Margulis does not court controversy for its own sake. Her work is mission driven: she is passionate about investigating the overlooked dangers of mainstream practices, especially when scientific evidence has been brushed aside in favor of special interests, in order to help people live happy, healthy lives. Uncovering these issues is also a matter of social justice. Through her writing she champions the rights of society’s most vulnerable: babies, mothers, the working poor, older adults, those who have had their health destroyed by unsafe medicine, and others on the social or economic margins.

She is co-author of The Addiction Spectrum: A Compassionate, Holistic Approach to Recovery (HarperOne 2018) and The Vaccine-Friendly Plan: Dr. Paul’s Safe and Effective Approach to Immunity and Health, From Pregnancy Through Your Child’s Teen Years (Ballantine, August 23, 2016), both written with Dr. Paul Thomas, M.D. Dr. Paul is an integrative pediatrician and addiction specialist with over 15,000 children in his private practice in Portland, Oregon. Jennifer Margulis is also the author of Your Baby, Your Way: Taking Charge of Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenting Decisions for a Happier, Healthier Family (Scribner, 2015; first published under the title The Business of Baby).

The Business of Baby was a finalist for the Books for a Better Life Award; Toddler: Real-Life Stories of Those Fickle, Irrational, Urgent, Tiny People We Love (Seal Press) won the Independent Publishers Book Association Award for best parenting book; and Why Babies Do That: Baffling Baby Behavior Explained (Willow Creek Press) won the Midwestern Publishers Book Association Award. She is also the co-author of The Baby Bonding Book for Dads: Building a Closer Connection to Your New Baby (Willow Creek Press) and co-editor of a classroom edition of Susannah Haswell Rowson’s 18th century play, Slaves in Algiers.

Her cover-story for Smithsonian magazine was chosen by Nathalie Angier for inclusion in BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE WRITING 2009 (HarperCollins) and her article about a Salt Lake City entrepreneur won the 2010 American Society of Journalists and Authors Award (ASJA) for Best Narrative Non-fiction (lifestyle category).

Fluent in French, Jennifer Margulis has appeared live on prime-time TV in Paris, France to talk about child slavery in Pakistan. She was prominently featured in a PBS Frontline TV documentary, “The Vaccine War,” and has appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360.

One blogger, who disagreed with her point of view, wrote: “A woman like this probably has considerable influence, more than she rightly deserves. She’s articulate, she has the letters Ph.D. after her name to show that she is educated, and she looks good on camera … She’s more of a danger than Jenny McCarthy because most of us can’t relate to Jenny McCarthy, but we can relate to [her].”

Jennifer Margulis earned a B.A. from Cornell University, a Master’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Ph.D. from Emory University.

She was awarded a highly competitive and prestigious Fulbright fellowship in 2006 and taught American literature at the University of Abdou Moumouni in Niamey, Niger (West Africa) for the 2006-2007 academic year.

A Boston native, Jennifer Margulis raised her children in southern Oregon. She currently lives with her family in the Carolinas.

Invite Jennifer To Speak At Your Event

Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is seasoned, lively, and compelling public speaker who regularly gives talks to audiences of anywhere from 20 to 200 to 1,000 attendees. She presents on a wide range of health and wellness topics, including addiction and recovery, healthy pregnancy, empowered childbirth, children’s health and wellbeing, the importance of the microbiome, healthy immunity, vaccine safety, and medical ethics, as well as topics related to professional writing and book authorship, including how to find an agent, how to write a book proposal, how to conduct investigative health journalism, and how to get paid for what you write.

Dr. Margulis speaks at:

• Colleges and universities
• Corporate events
• Health and wellness conferences
• Health rallies
• Independent bookstores
• Medical conferences
• Midwifery conferences
• Natural health expos
• Women’s conferences
• Writing conferences

Languages:

• English
• French

Dr. Margulis is fluent in French, has appeared live on prime-time TV in France, has given lectures in French-speaking Canada, West Africa, and Europe, and is able to adapt her talks to a Francophone audience.

Past Presentations:

Dr. Margulis has given talks, taught classes, & conducted workshops at the invitation of the following universities, non-profits, schools, corporations, and other organizations:

• Addiction & Recovery Conference
• Africare Niger
• American Association of Birth Centers
• American Cultural Center in Niamey, Niger
• American Cultural Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• American International School of Niamey
• American Language Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
• American Literature Association Conference
• American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
• American Women’s Club in Niamey, Niger
• Architects of the New Paradigm Conference
• Ashland High School
• Ashland Middle School
• Ashland Public Library
• AutismOne Annual Conference
• Barefoot College in Tilonia, India
• Barefoot College in Zanzibar
• Birth Empowerment Dialogue (B.E.D.) Conference
• BirthWorks International
• Boston University
• Bradford College
• Brenau University
• Cambridge Public Library
• Children’s March for Humanity
• Clemson University
• Decatur Festival of the Book
• Emory University
• Fearless Parent Conference
• Find Your Light
• Freedom for Family Wellness Summit
• Future of Immunity: Genetic & Environmental Factors
• Greenfield Family Center
• HEAL NC

• Healthy Immunity Conference: From Birth to Old Age
• Healthy Immunity: The Cutting Edge
• Liberté Inc. in Montréal, Québec
• Medford Public Library
• Middlebury College
• Mount Holyoke College
• National Library in Nouakchott, Mauritania
• National Press Club
• Next Steps
• Oregonians for Medical Freedom
• Pomona College
• Portland Waldorf School
• Pure Life Chiropractic
• Reebok International, Ltd.
• Rock Valley College
• Rock Your Health Summit
• Siskiyou School
• Society of Early Americanists
• Southern Oregon Birth Connections
• Southern Oregon University
• The George Washington University
• Tuskegee University
• Université Abdou Moumouni de Niamey
• University of California at Berkeley
• University of Southern California
• University of Massachusetts at Amherst
• University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
• University of Ouagadougou
• University of Tulsa
• University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Willamette Writers Southern Oregon
• Willow Wind Community Learning Center
• WISE Conference

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Please note that Dr. Margulis is often booked 6 to 12 months in advance. We make every effort to respond in a timely matter to inquiries.