Her father was Alfred de Grazia, New York University political scientist and decorated World War II veteran specialized in Psychological operations.
Among her uncles were Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sebastian de Grazia and first amendment lawyer and co-founder of Cardozo Law School Edward de Grazia.
[1] Her research focuses on twentieth-century European history and consumer culture from a gendered and comparative perspective.
[5] De Grazia received a Silver Independent Publisher Book Award in World History in 2021.
[6] She received the Modern Language Association's Scaglione Prize for her 2020 book The Perfect Fascist: A Story of Love, Power, and Morality in Mussolini’s Italy.