She is the David Woods Kemper '41 Professor of American History at Harvard University[1] and a staff writer at The New Yorker, where she has contributed since 2005.

[2] Lepore was born on August 27, 1966[3] and grew up in West Boylston, a small town outside Worcester, Massachusetts.

She participated in Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at Tufts University,[6] starting as a math major.

[13] Lepore gathers historical evidence that allows scholars to study and analyze political processes and behaviors.

[15] In the June 23, 2014, issue she criticized the concept of creative destruction, associated with Austrian-born political economist Joseph Schumpeter.

She is the president of the Society of American Historians and an Emeritus Commissioner of the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery.

[18] After students filed a lawsuit with detailed allegations of Comaroff's actions and the university's failure to respond, Lepore was one of several signatories to say that she wished to retract her signature.