Heather Stephenson

Senior Deputy Editorial Director

Heather Stephenson is the editor of Tufts Magazine, the university’s award-winning alumni magazine, and produces stories for all Tufts channels, with a special focus on The Fletcher School. Before joining Tufts in 2012, she was editor-in-chief at the Appalachian Mountain Club, an editor at Our Bodies Ourselves, and a staff and freelance journalist. She holds degrees from Princeton and Harvard universities.

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