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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 (Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence Crown, 2002). Twice a New York Times Bestseller, Queen Bees & Wannabes was the basis for the 2004 movie Mean Girls. In October 2009, an updated edition of Queen Bees & Wannabes will be republished with a chapter on younger girls, insights on how technology has impacted kids’ social landscapes, and new commentary from girls and boys. Her follow‐up book Queen Bee Moms and Kingpin Dads addresses the social hierarchies and conflicts among parents. It is now being made into a major motion picture by New Line Cinema. Her latest endeavor is the young adult novel Boys, Girls, and 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 the Owning Up Curriculum, a comprehensive social justice program for grades 6‐12, and she writes the monthly “Ask Rosalind” column in Family Circle magazine. In 2011, 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. In addition, Rosalind is a spokesperson for LG’s Text Education Council that aims to inform parents about responsibly monitoring teen cell phone usage.
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 The White House, Facebook, American School Counselors Association, Capital One, National Education
Association, Girl Scouts, Neutrogena, 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 TimesPeople, 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.
