Rebecca Shapiro
Managing Editor
Rebecca joined Columbia Magazine in 2011, after spending five years as an editor in the Random House Publishing Group. She has also worked as a high school writing instructor and college counselor, and has published over 300 articles and book reviews. She holds a B.A. in English from Brown University and an M.Ed in Higher Education from Harvard University.
Articles by Rebecca Shapiro
Alumni Artists Featured at the Shed in Hudson Yards
Five Columbians show off the projects that grabbed the attention of curators at New York’s ambitious new cultural space
Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies
YinLee Yuan ’02CC publishes Mold magazine, a guide to the future of responsible food production and design
Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories
With his bold and beautiful canvases, the artist grapples with some very challenging issues
Around the World in 100 Restaurants
Paul Grinberg '89BUS has dined at ninety-nine of the world’s hundred best eateries
An App that Offers Microfinance on Demand
Shivani Siroya ’06PH is fighting global poverty with tech company Tala
Leap of Faith
Dancer Michael Novak ’09GS has just been cast in the role of a lifetime — Paul Taylor’s successor
The Politics Of Eating Well
Mark Bittman explains why he thinks our food system is flawed and how he recommends fixing it
Super Freak
Stephen Dubner ’90SOA, coauthor of the popular Freakonomics series, wants to tell you a few things you don’t know