Paul Starr

Paul Starr is professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and co-founder and co-editor of the American Prospect magazine, a quarterly about politics, policy, and ideas. He received the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and Bancroft Prize in American history for “The Social Transformation of American Medicine,” which is credited for helping to shape the debate about health care reform. He also received the 2005 Goldsmith Book Prize for “The Creation of the Media.” During 1993 he served as a senior advisor at the White House in the formulation of the Clinton health plan.