Claire Hoffman

Claire Hoffman
Born
Claire Denise Hoffman

(1977-03-05) March 5, 1977 (age 47)
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
EducationMaharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment
University of Chicago Divinity School
Columbia School of Journalism
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
Websitewww.clairehoffman.com
For the first woman to serve on the boards of Bank of America and Sears, Roebuck & Company, see Claire Giannini Hoffman.

Claire Denise Hoffman (born March 5, 1977) is an American journalist, author, and assistant professor of journalism at the University of California, Riverside.[1]

Biography

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Claire Denise Hoffman was born in Iowa City, Iowa, March 5, 1977. From kindergarten through high school was raised in Fairfield, Iowa, where her divorced mother was part of the Transcendental Meditation movement. She attended Maharishi School of the Age of Enlightenment.[2] She has a master's degree in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School and a master's degree from the Columbia School of Journalism.

While working for the Los Angeles Times, she profiled the founder of Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis, in a story titled “Baby Give Me a Kiss”.[3] The piece recounts Francis' battery upon Hoffman as well as his alleged rape of an 18-year-old girl. The story is the most viewed piece on latimes.com.[2]

She writes and has written for numerous publications including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Portfolio and the Los Angeles Times.[4]

In 2016 she published her first book, Greetings from Utopia Park: Surviving a Transcendent Childhood, a memoir based on her experiences growing up in the Transcendental Meditation movement in Fairfield, Iowa.

References

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  1. ^ Ucr: department of creative writing. (n.d.). Retrieved from "UCR: Department of Creative Writing". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, B. (n.d.). Brian m. palmer | claire hoffman interview. Retrieved from "Brian M. Palmer | Claire Hoffman interview". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
  3. ^ "Joe Francis: 'Baby, give me a kiss'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Claire Hoffman, Benjamin Goldhirsh". The New York Times. 2009-08-29. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-04-04.
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