Overview
Rosalind Wiseman is an internationally recognized expert on children, teens, parenting, bullying, social justice, and ethical leadership.
Wiseman is the author of Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and the New Realities of Girl World, the groundbreaking, fully-revised edition of her bestselling book that was the basis for the movie Mean Girls. Her latest endeavor is the debut young adult novel Boys, Girls, & Other Hazardous Materials which follows heroine Charlie Healey as she navigates the good, bad and ugly of her freshman year of high school.
Additional publications include Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads, and the Owning Up Curriculum, a comprehensive social justice program for grades 6-12. She also writes the monthly “Ask Rosalind” column in Family Circle magazine.
In 2010, Wiseman is working with Unilever’s “Don’t Fret the Sweat” campaign to raise awareness about tweens’ body development and how it impacts their overall growth. As part of this campaign, Rosalind will embark on the Girl World Book Tour sponsored by Dove go fresh Deodorant that will stop in 10 U.S. cities in between February and April.
Each year Wiseman works with tens of thousands of students, educators, parents, counselors, coaches, and administrators to create communities based on the belief that each person has a responsibility to treat themselves and others with dignity. Audiences have included the American School Counselors Association, Capital One, National Education Association, Girl Scouts, Neutrogena, Young Presidents Association, Independent School Associations and the International Chiefs of Police, as well as countless schools throughout the U.S. and abroad. She is also a member of the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Start Strong Advisory Board.
National media regularly depends on Wiseman as the expert on ethical leadership, media literacy, bullying prevention, and school violence. She is a frequent guest on the Today Show and been profiled in The New York Times, People, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, USA Today, Oprah, Nightline, CNN, Good Morning America, and National Public Radio affiliates throughout the country.
Wiseman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Occidental College. She lives in Washington D.C. with her husband and two sons.
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