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Elizabeth Yuko

location-pin New York Metropolitan Area

School: Dublin City University

Expertise: history, crime, psychology, social justice

Elizabeth Yuko

  • Adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University
  • Published in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Architectural Digest, the Atlantic, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Teen Vogue, the History Channel, Real Simple and Lifehacker
  • TV appearances as an expert commentator include Mysteries at the Museum (Travel Channel), Beyond the Unknown (Travel Channel), MetroFocus (PBS) and AJStream (Al Jazeera English)
  • Professional-speaker appearances include Beacon College (Florida), Fordham University (New York), the Museum of Morbid Anatomy (Brooklyn), the Lloyd Library and Museum (Cincinnati) and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Cincinnati)

Experience

Elizabeth is an award-winning journalist and bioethicist from New York City covering knowledge, culture, politics, history and lesser-known facts about holidays and traditions. In addition to Reader's Digest, she writes for the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Architectural Digest, the Atlantic, Bloomberg CityLab, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Teen Vogue, the History Channel, Real Simple and Lifehacker.

Education

Dublin City University PhD, Bioethics Dublin City University LLM, Migration Law Dublin City University MA, International Security and Conflict Studies

Articles

An excavator works to clear rubble after the East Wing of the White House was demolished on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.

This Isn’t the First Time the White House Has Been Renovated, but the 2025 Changes Are Definitely Different—See How They Compare to Previous Updates

Here's everything you need to know about the new ballroom being built at "The People's House"
This Bestselling Novelist Tops The List Of Most Banned Authors In U.s. Schools

New Report: This Bestselling Novelist Tops the List of Most-Banned Authors in U.S. Schools

Plus, the most frequently banned books this year
Flooding Along The Guadalupe River In Central Texas

These Are the 5 Most Devastating Floods to Sweep Through the U.S. in the Last 100 Years

They were deadly, destructive and came with little warning. Here’s what to know about the biggest floods in U.S. history.