Emily Yoffe is a Slate contributor who has written the magazine's Dear Prudence advice column since 2006. She also writes for Slate about culture, health, politics, and science. Emily's writing  has appeared in many publications, including Esquire, The Los Angeles Times, the New Republic, the New York Times, O  the Oprah Magazine, and The Washington Post. She is the author of the book What the Dog Did: Tales from a Formerly Reluctant Dog Owner. She was a National Magazine Award finalist this year for her Slate story, "The College Rape Overcorrection." She was a John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. She is a graduate of Wellesley College.