Dr. Lynn Parramore is editor of New Deal 2.0, a signature project of the Roosevelt Institute. She is an author, freelance writer, producer, and communications consultant. Her work has appeared in the LA Times, Newsweek, the Miami Herald, Forbes Traveler, the New York Daily News, and USA Today. She is co-founder of the recently-launched Recessionwire.com, which highlights news, cultural analysis, and entertainment around the economic downturn, and is also the founding editor of IgoUgo.com, the largest database of first-hand travel reviews on the Web. She acted as media consultant to Harvey Gantt in his campaign for U.S. Senate, 1996. Dr. Parramore’s first book of cultural history, Reading the Sphinx, was recognized by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a notable scholarly book for 2009. She holds a doctorate in English from New York University, where she has taught essay writing and cultural theory.

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