Jane Eis­ner is an accom­plished writer, edi­tor, edu­ca­tor, non­prof­it leader, and pub­lic speak­er. She was edi­tor-in-chief of The For­ward for more than a decade, and recent­ly was direc­tor of aca­d­e­m­ic affairs at Colum­bia Jour­nal­ism School. Her work has appeared in The Wash­ing­ton Post, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and numer­ous oth­er pub­li­ca­tions. Her first book was Tak­ing Back the Vote: Get­ting Amer­i­can Youth Involved in Our Democ­ra­cy.