Deirdre English ( born 1948 ) is the former editor of '' Mother Jones '' and author of numerous articles for national publications and television documentaries . She has taught at the State University of New York and currently teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California , Berkeley , where she is a faculty mentor at the Center for the Study of the Working Family at the Graduate School of Sociology . English is co-author , with Barbara Ehrenreich , of '' For Her Own Good : 150 Years of the Experts ' Advice '' along with a number of pamphlets . She contributed essays to Susan Meiselas 's photography book '' Carnival Strippers '' . Her mother is Fanita English . She was married to Don Terner , who died in a 1996 plane crash in Croatia
1996 plane crash in Croatia
1996 Croatia USAF CT-43 crash
Deirdre English