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'''Jane Meredith Mayer'''<ref name="The New York Times">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/27/style/weddings-jane-m-mayer-william-hamilton.html|title=WEDDINGS; Jane M. Mayer, William Hamilton|website=The New York Times|date=September 27, 1992|access-date=February 20, 2012}}</ref> (born 1955)<ref>"Jane Mayer." ''The Writers Directory''. Detroit: St. James Press, 2011. Gale Biography In Context, June 10, 2011.</ref><ref>Jane Mayer profile at ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale (2011).</ref> is an American [[investigative journalism|investigative journalist]] who has been a staff writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' since 1995.<ref name=NewYorkerBio /> She has written for the publication about money in politics; government prosecution of [[whistleblower]]s; the United States [[Predator drone]] program; Donald Trump's ghostwriter, [[Tony Schwartz (author)|Tony Schwartz]];<ref>{{cite
==Early life and education==
Mayer was born in [[New York City]].<ref name=NewYorkerBio /> Her mother, Meredith (née Nevins), is a painter, print-maker and former president of the Manhattan Graphics Center. Her father, [[William Mayer (composer)|William Mayer]], was a composer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWERAQAAMAAJ&q=MAYER+NEVINS |title=Current Biography Yearbook, 2008|author=Maxine Block, Anna Herthe Rothe, Marjorie Dent Candee, Charles Moritz |date=September 15, 2017 |website=[[Books.Google.com]] |publisher=H. W. Wilson Co. }}</ref> Her paternal great-great-grandfather was [[Emanuel Lehman]], one of the founders of [[Lehman Brothers]]. Her maternal grandparents were Mary Fleming (Richardson) and [[Allan Nevins]], a historian and [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]]'s authorized biographer.<ref name="The New York Times"/><ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/the-ludlow-massacre-still-matters The Ludlow Massacre still matters], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', Ben Mauk, April 18, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2017.</ref>
Mayer attended two private non-
A 1977 ''[[magna cum laude]]'' graduate of [[Yale University]], she was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa Society|Phi Beta Kappa]] and served as senior editor of the ''[[Yale Daily News]]'' and as campus [[Stringer (journalism)|stringer]] for ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine
==Career==
Mayer began her career as a journalist in [[Vermont]] writing for two small weekly papers, ''The Weathersfield Weekly'' and ''The Black River Tribune'', before moving to the daily ''[[Rutland Herald]]''. She worked as a metropolitan reporter for the now-defunct ''[[Washington Star]]'', and in 1982 joined ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', where she worked for 12 years. She was the first woman at the ''WSJ'' to be named [[White House]] [[White House press corps|correspondent]], and subsequently, senior writer and front page editor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbookfestival.org/Author_Page.php?aid=397|title=2017 Author Page - Texas Book Festival|access-date=26 September 2017|archive-date=18 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218192059/http://www.texasbookfestival.org/Author_Page.php?aid=397|url-status=dead}}</ref>
She served as a [[war correspondent]] and [[foreign correspondent]] for the ''Journal'', where she reported on the [[1983 Beirut barracks bombing|bombing of the American barracks]] in [[Beirut]], the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]], the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]], and the last days of [[Communism]] in the former [[Soviet Union]]. Mayer also contributes to the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and the ''[[American Prospect]].''
Mayer has co-authored two books: ''Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas'' (1994)<ref>''Strange Justice'' was excerpted in ''The Wall Street Journal'', was the subject of an hour-long edition of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Turning Point'', and subsequent appearances on [[Ted Koppel]]'s ''Nightline'' and [[Larry King]] Live.[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/strange-justice-by-jane-mayer-and-jill-abramson/]</ref> (co-authored with [[Jill Abramson]]), a study of the nomination and appointment of [[Clarence Thomas]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]; and ''Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988'' (1989; co-authored with [[Doyle McManus]]), an account of [[Ronald Reagan]]'s second term in the [[White House]]. ''Strange Justice'' was adapted as a 1999 [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] [[television movie]] of the same name, starring [[Delroy Lindo]], [[Mandy Patinkin]], and [[Regina Taylor]]. ''Strange Justice'' was a finalist for the 1994 [[National Book Award for Nonfiction]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Barron|first=James|title=Study of Death Wins a National Book Award|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 17, 1994|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940CE7DF1331F934A25752C1A962958260}}</ref> and both books were finalists for the [[National Book Critics Circle Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bookcritics.org/awards/past_awards/page_2|title=National Book Critics Circle: awards|website=bookcritics.org|access-date=14 April 2018|archive-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223040500/http://bookcritics.org/awards/past_awards/page_2/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=2511 "Yale Journalism Initiative to Offer Seminar with New York Times Managing Editor"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725190012/http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=2511 |date=2010-07-25 }}, Yale University Office of Public Affairs, October 24, 2006.</ref>
''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine said of ''Strange Justice'': "Its portrait of Thomas as an id suffering in the role of a Republican [[superego]] is more detailed and convincing than anything that has appeared so far."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lacayo|first=Richard|title=The Unheard Witnesses|newspaper=Time Magazine|date=November 14, 1994|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981809,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725035118/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981809,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref> Of ''Landslide'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' Washington correspondent [[Steven V. Roberts]] said, "This is clearly a reporter's book, full of rich anecdote and telling detail.... I am impressed with the amount of inside information collected here."<ref>{{Cite news|last=Roberts|first=Steven V.|title=An Emptiness in the Oval Office|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 9, 1988|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html}}</ref>
In an ''[[Elle (magazine)|Elle]]'' magazine interview, Mayer said about her next article,
===''The Dark Side''===
Mayer's third nonfiction book, ''[[The Dark Side (book)|The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals]]'' (2008), addresses the origins, legal justifications, and possible war crimes liability of the use of [[enhanced interrogation techniques]] (commonly considered torture) on detainees and the subsequent deaths of detainees, sometimes victims of mistaken identity, under such interrogation by the [[CIA]] and [[United States Department of Defense|DOD]]. The roles of [[Dick Cheney]] and attorneys [[David Addington]] and [[John Yoo]] in providing cover for the grisly procedures were prominent. The book was a finalist for the [[National Book Awards]].<ref>[[National Book Foundation]], [http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008_nf_mayer.html 2008 National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229052828/http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008_nf_mayer.html |date=2013-12-29 }}</ref>
In her ''[[New York Times]]'' review of ''The Dark Side'', Jennifer Schuessler described the book as "the most vivid and comprehensive account we have so far of how a government founded on checks and balances and respect for individual rights could have been turned against those ideals."<ref>{{Cite news|first=Schuessler|last=Jennifer|title=A History of Abuse in the War on Terror|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=July 22, 2008|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/books/22schuessler.html}}</ref> The ''Times'' subsequently named ''The Dark Side'' one of its [[New York Times Book Review|ten most notable books of the year]].<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/100Notable-t.html?pagewanted=all "100 Notable Books of 2008"], ''The New York Times'', November 26, 2008.</ref>
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Military and diplomatic historian Colonel [[Andrew J. Bacevich]], reviewing the book in ''The Washington Post'', wrote: "[Mayer's] achievement lies less in bringing new revelations to light than in weaving into a comprehensive narrative a story revealed elsewhere in bits and pieces."<ref>[[Andrew J. Bacevich]], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/10/AR2008071002373.html?tid=informbox Collateral Damage], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', July 10, 2008; accessed July 13, 2008.</ref> ''Washington Post'' reporter [[Joby Warrick]] reported that Mayer's book revealed that a [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) analyst warned the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] that "up to a third of the detainees at [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] may have been imprisoned by mistake." The administration ignored the warning and insisted that all were [[enemy combatants]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/11/AR2008071102954.html?hpid=moreheadlines Joby Warrick, "A Blind Eye to Guantanamo?"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', July 11, 2008; accessed July 12, 2008.</ref>
In a story appearing the same day in ''The New York Times'', reporter [[Scott Shane]] reported Mayer's book as disclosing [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] officials had concluded in a secret report in 2007: "the Central Intelligence Agency's interrogation methods for high-level Qaeda prisoners constituted torture and could make the Bush administration officials who approved them guilty of war crimes."<ref>Scott Shane, [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/washington/11detain.html Book Cites Secret Red Cross Report of C.I.A. Torture of Qaeda Captives], ''The New York Times'' (July 11, 2008).</ref> Mayer said of her book: "I see myself more as a reporter than as an advocate."<ref>[http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27289 "Writer Talks Torture"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130093009/http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/27289 |date=2009-01-30
===Civil liberties===
Mayer covered the [[Obama administration]]'s prosecution of whistleblowers with an article about former [[National Security Agency]] (NSA) official [[Thomas Andrews Drake|Thomas Drake]]. Mayer wrote that despite Obama's campaign promises of transparency, his administration "has pursued leak prosecutions with a surprising relentlessness."<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/05/23/110523fa_fact_mayer Jane Mayer, "The Secret Sharer"],
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===''Dark Money''===
In 2016, Doubleday published Mayer's fourth book, ''[[Dark Money (book)|Dark Money]]'', which became an instant national best-seller. ''The New York Times'' named it one of the year's ten best books.<ref name=NYT>{{cite
===Eric Schneiderman resignation===
On May 7, 2018, within hours of publication of an article Mayer co-wrote with [[Ronan Farrow]] in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', New York State Attorney General [[Eric Schneiderman]] resigned, effective May 8, 2018. During his term in office, he had been accused of physical abuse by at least four women with whom he had been romantically involved and habitually abusing alcohol and prescription drugs.<ref name="New Yorker May 7, 2018 ">{{cite news |title=Four Women Accuse New York's of Physical Abuse |last1=Mayer |first1=Jane |last2=Farrow |first2=Ronan |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/four-women-accuse-new-yorks-attorney-general-of-physical-abuse |work=New Yorker |date=May 7, 2018|access-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/07/nyregion/new-york-attorney-general-eric-schneiderman-abuse.html |title=Eric Schneiderman, New York's Attorney General, Resigns Amid Assault Accusations |last1=Hakim |first1=Danny |date=May 7, 2018 |work=The New York Times |last2=Wang |first2=Vivian |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331|access-date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> Mayer and Farrow had reported that they had confirmed the women's allegations both with photographs of contusions, as well as with statements from friends with whom the alleged victims had confided subsequent to the claimed assaults.<ref name="New Yorker May 7, 2018 " /> Though he denied the allegations, Schneiderman stated he resigned because they "effectively prevent me from leading the
===Appearances===
Mayer has appeared as a guest on the ''[[Charlie Rose Show]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/4927|title=Guests: Jane Mayer, Charlie Rose, charlierose.com|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513122034/http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/4927|archive-date=13 May 2009}}</ref> as well as on the ''[[Late Show with David Letterman]]''.<ref>{{YouTube|oC4Kw4wq1uQ|Jane Mayer, Guest, David Letterman show}}</ref> She was also a guest on the ''[[Bill Moyers Journal]]'' show on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] in 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07252008/profile.html|title=Bill Moyers Journal . Jane Mayer on Torture - PBS|website=www.pbs.org|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> and appeared as a guest on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] ''[[Tavis Smiley]] show'' on August 7, 2008, to discuss her book ''The Dark Side'', which had just made [[The New York Times Best Seller list|''The New York Times'' Best Seller list]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200808/20080807_mayer.html|title=Jane Mayer, Tavis Smiley Show|website=[[PBS]] |access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> She appeared as a guest on [[Comedy Central]]'s ''[[List of The Colbert Report episodes (2008)|The Colbert Report]]'' on August 12, 2008.
On January 26, 2009, Mayer was interviewed at the [[Yale Law School]] Law and Media lecture series by [[Linda Greenhouse]], Distinguished Journalist in Residence, and [[Emily Bazelon]], Truman Capote Fellow in Creative Writing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/speakersandevents.htm|title=Law and Media, Yale Law School|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105041923/http://www.law.yale.edu/academics/speakersandevents.htm|archive-date=5 January 2010}}</ref> In October 2008, Mayer participated in a panel discussion of journalists at the [[Nieman Foundation for Journalism]] at [[Harvard University]], devoted to the media's coverage of the [[Iraq War]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=showcase.view&showcaseid=0092|title=The lessons of our failure|website=www.niemanwatchdog.org|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> That same month Mayer participated as a panelist in a discussion of the same subject at the [[Newseum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>[http://www.ifstone.org/medal.php "The Harvard Medal Project for Journalistic Independence"], I. F. Stone website</ref>
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Although not a personal appearance by Mayer, the FOX show ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' had a minor character in its seventh season named Blaine Mayer. The character was named after Jane Mayer, who wrote, ""Well, there's kind of a balancing sensation. The elevation to the U.S. Senate is a nice start to the year, but the sex change is a bit disappointing, since if I have to be male, I was hoping for a younger, more fit body, and a better head of hair. It does however fulfill one of my greatest fantasies, which is that I have long had subpoena envy."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldberg |first1=Jeffrey |title=Jane Mayer on Being Immortalized by the Pro-Torture "24" |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2009/01/jane-mayer-on-being-immortalized-by-the-pro-torture-quot-24-quot/9374/ |website=The Atlantic |date=January 15, 2009}}</ref>
Mayer has appeared frequently on [[Free Speech TV]]'s ''[[Democracy Now!]]'' program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/1996/4/30/whitewater|title=Whitewater|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=1996-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/1997/6/9/geronimo_pratt|title=Geronimo Pratt|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=1997-06-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2005/2/17/outsourcing_torture_the_secret_history_of|title=Outsourcing Torture: The Secret History of America's 'Extraordinary Rendition'|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=2005-02-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2007/8/8/the_black_sites_a_rare_look|title=The Black Sites: A Rare Look Inside the C.I.A.'s Secret Interrogation Program|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=2007-08-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/20/torture|title=New Yorker Correspondent Jane Mayer and British Attorney Philippe Sands on Bush Administration Torture and How Obama Should Address It|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=2009-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/20/dark_money_jane_mayer_on_how|title=Dark Money: Jane Mayer on How the Koch Bros. & Billionaire Allies Funded the Rise of the Far Right|website=[[Democracy Now!]] |date=2016-01-20}}</ref> On February 17, 2016, she was interviewed by [[American University]] journalism professor [[Charles Lewis (journalist)|Charles Lewis]], the founder of the [[Center for Public Integrity]], at a public discussion of her career and ''[[Dark Money (book)|Dark Money]]'' that was broadcast on [[C-SPAN]].<ref>[http://www.c-span.org/video/?404805-1/book-discussion-dark-money Book Discussion - Dark Money], ''[[C-SPAN]]'', February 17, 2016. Retrieved 2 March 2016.</ref>
==Awards and honors==
Mayer was awarded the 2008 [[John Chancellor]] Award for Excellence in Journalism for her investigative report leading to her book ''The Dark Side''. The Award, presented annually by the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism]], is given to reporters for "distinguished cumulative accomplishments." In presenting the award, [[Nicholas Lemann]], dean of the journalism school and one of the nine members of the award committee, noted that Mayer and her fellow winner, [[Andrew C. Revkin]] (science reporter for ''The New York Times'') "set the gold standard for journalists, and we have benefited tremendously from their dedication and hard work."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/BlobServer?blobheadervalue0=inline%3B+filename%3D2008+Chancellor+Press+Release.pdf&blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobheadername0=Content-Disposition&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1212766837420&blobheader=application%2Fpdf|title=John Chancellor Awards for Excellence in Journalism, The Journalism School, Columbia University|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref> She also has won the [[The Ridenhour Prizes|Ridenhour Book Prize]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridenhour.org/recipients_02g.shtml|date=April 16, 2009|title=The Ridenhour Prizes - Fostering the spirit of courage and truth|access-date=2009-09-12|archive-date=2009-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418084120/http://www.ridenhour.org/recipients_02g.shtml|url-status=dead}} (see also video at this site)</ref> and the [[New York Public Library]]'s [[Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/20/torture|title=New Yorker Correspondent Jane Mayer and British Attorney Philippe Sands on Bush Administration Torture and How Obama Should Address It|access-date=2009-09-12|date=May 20, 2009|work=[[Democracy Now!]]}} (see also video at this site)</ref>
Mayer was a finalist in the [[National Magazine Awards]] for 2007 for her nonfiction piece in ''The New Yorker'' entitled ''The Black Sites'',<ref>Jane Mayer, ''The New Yorker'', 13 August 2007, [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/13/070813fa_fact_mayer "The Black Sites: A rare look inside the C.I.A.'s secret interrogation program"]</ref> which was subsequently collected in ''The Best American Magazine Writing 2008'', published by [[Columbia University Press]], and edited by [[Jacob Weisberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14714-9/the-best-american-magazine-writing-2008/tableOfContents|title=The Best American Magazine Writing 2008, Columbia University Press|access-date=26 September 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228141651/http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-14714-9/the-best-american-magazine-writing-2008/tableOfContents|archive-date=28 February 2009}}</ref>
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She received the Edward Weinthal Award from Georgetown University in 2009 and the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2010.
Mayer was awarded the [[George Polk Award|George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting]] in 2011 for her investigative reporting on the relentless [[United States Department of Justice]] prosecution of NSA whistleblower [[Thomas Andrews Drake]]. Mayer's article in ''The New Yorker''<ref>{{cite
In 2012, Mayer received the [[Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting]] for her coverage of North Carolina state politics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newhouse.syr.edu/Newsroom/read_news.cfm?id=733|title=Newhouse honors The New Yorker's Jane Mayer with Toner Prize|last=Loughlin|first=Wendy S.|date=March 2, 2012|website=S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120625030308/https://newhouse.syr.edu/Newsroom/read_news.cfm?id=733|archive-date=2012-06-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2020, Mayer was awarded the [[Mirror Awards|Mirror Award]] for the ''Best Single Article/Story'' for her ''New Yorker'' article on detailing the relationship between [[Fox News]] and the White house.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Loughlin |first1=Wendy S. |title=Newhouse School Announces Winners in the 2020 Mirror Awards Competition |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2020/06/12/newhouse-school-announces-winners-in-the-2020-mirror-awards-competition/ |access-date=15 July 2020 |work=SU News |date=June 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite
==Personal life==
Mayer married [[Bill Hamilton (journalist)|William B. Hamilton]], also a journalist, in 1992.<ref name="Wedding">[https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/27/style/weddings-jane-m-mayer-william-hamilton.html Jane M. Mayer, William Hamilton], ''The New York Times'' (September 27, 1992).</ref> Hamilton is the former national editor at ''[[The Washington Post]]''<ref name="Wedding"/> and former Washington editor for ''The New York Times''.<ref name="DwyerWhatHappened">Jim Dwyer, [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html "What Happened to Jane Mayer When She Wrote About the Koch Brothers"], ''The New York Times'',
Their daughter, Katherine Hamilton, was the 2015 winner of the [[Truman Scholarship]] from Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/archive/2015-news/node/494036|title=Two Juniors Receive Truman Scholarships Leading to Careers in Public Service|date=20 April 2015|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref>
Mayer is a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
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