Sandra Mackey (née Sherman; September 13, 1937 – April 19, 2015) was an American writer on Middle Eastern culture and politics.
[2] Mackey first earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Central Oklahoma, followed by an M.A.
She served as a visiting scholar in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign Affairs at the University of Virginia.
Her writings appeared in such periodicals as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Christian Science Monitor.
[1] In addition to appearing on NPR, Nightline, ABC News with Peter Jennings and the BBC, she served as a commentator on the first Gulf War for CNN.