| Intro | American journalist | ||
| A.K.A. | Liz Bruenig, Elizabeth Stoker, Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig | ||
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| From | United States of America | ||
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| Gender | female | ||
| Birth | 6 December 1990, Fort Worth, United States of America | ||
| Age: | 29 years | ||
| Star sign | Sagittarius | ||
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Elizabeth Bruenig (née Stoker; born 1990 or 1991), also known as Liz Bruenig, is an American writer. She works as an opinion writer for The New York Times. She previously worked as an opinion writer and editor for The Washington Post, writing about ethics, politics, theology, and economics.
Early life and education
Born Elizabeth Stoker in 1990 or 1991 in Arlington, Texas, Bruenig attended Martin High School. She graduated from Brandeis University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in English and sociology and a minor in Near Eastern and Judaic studies. As a recipient of the Marshall Scholarship, she studied at Jesus College at the University of Cambridge, where she earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Christian theology under the supervision of John Hughes. She was named a 2014–2015 Presidential Fellow at Brown University, where she was a doctoral candidate in religious studies. She left Brown without a degree in 2015. Among her areas of expertise is Augustine of Hippo.
Raised Methodist, Bruenig was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church in 2014.
Career
Bruenig is an opinion writer and editor for The Washington Post. She writes about ethics, politics, theology, and economics. Previously, she was a staff writer for The New Republic.
Bruenig has been described as being on “the Catholic Left” by Rod Dreher in The American Conservative. In a profile published by Washington Monthly, she is described as “the most prominently placed of a small but increasingly visible group of young writers unabashedly advocating for democratic socialism.”
In September 2018, Bruenig wrote for the Post about the aftermath of a sexual assault in 2006 at a high school in Arlington, Texas. Bruenig had attended the same high school as the subject Amber Wyatt, and remembered the “shameful aftermath” of the story from her youth. She started tracking the details of Wyatt’s story in 2015. In 2019, Bruenig was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist in Feature Writing, for one of her pieces covering Wyatt’s sexual assault, “What Do We Owe Her Now?”. The citation read: “For eloquent reflections on the exile of a teen sexual assault victim in the author’s Texas hometown, delving with moral authority into why the crime remained unpunished.”
With her husband Matt, Bruenig co-hosts a podcast through Patreon, The Bruenigs. In the past, they have written together for The Atlantic. She is also a contributor to the Left, Right, & Center podcast.
Personal life
Bruenig is married to Matt Bruenig, whom she met in their high school debate team in Arlington. They have two daughters and live in Washington, DC.
Published works
- “Taking Augustine as Guide”. In Schwindt, Daniel (ed.). Radically Catholic in the Age of Francis: An Anthology of Visions for the Future. Valparaiso, Indiana: Solidarity Hall Press. 2015. ISBN 978-0-692-40977-0.
- “Church”. In McElwee, Joshua J.; Wooden, Cindy (eds.). A Pope Francis Lexicon. Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press. 2018. pp. 15–17. ISBN 978-0-8146-4545-1.