--- title: Jo Piazza | TIME description: Jo Piazza is the author of the new book, If Nuns Ruled the World, which shatters the stereotypes of American Catholic nuns and profiles 10 daring sisters. A veteran journalist whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Slate, the Daily Beast and Yahoo, Piazza holds a masters degree in Religious Studies from New York University. canonical: https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jo Piazza ## Jo Piazza _Jo Piazza is the author of the new book,_ [If Nuns Ruled the World](http://www.amazon.com/If-Nuns-Ruled-World-Sisters/dp/1497601908)_, which shatters the stereotypes of American Catholic nuns and profiles 10 daring sisters. A veteran journalist whose work has appeared in the_ Wall Street Journal_,_ The New York Times_, Slate, the Daily Beast and Yahoo, Piazza holds a masters degree in Religious Studies from New York University._ ## Jo Piazza *  Jun 19, 2018 ### [How to Make a Long-Distance Relationship Work, According to Experts](https://time.com/5316307/best-long-distance-relationship-tips-experts/) 'Technology is your best friend' *  May 2, 2017 ### [8 Tips to Help You Thrive in Your First Year of Marriage](https://time.com/4763300/marriage-advice-first-year/) Lessons from women around the world *  Apr 17, 2017 ### [This Is the Best Age to Get Married](https://time.com/4743157/best-age-to-get-married/) According to my own experience and hundreds of women around the world *  Jun 4, 2015 ### [Why Online Dating is a Boon for Women](https://time.com/3908650/why-online-dating-is-a-boon-for-women/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 27, 2015 ### [How to Bridge the Generational Gap and Succeed at Work](https://time.com/3897307/generation-gap-in-the-workplace/) You can learn something from the other generation [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 31, 2014 ### [The Great Nunquisition: Why the Vatican Is Cracking Down on Sisters](https://time.com/3222422/vatican-catholic-church-nuns-nunquisition/) Today's generation of nuns are progressive women, two things the Church isn't used to [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/","name":"Jo Piazza"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/"},"name":"Jo Piazza","jobTitle":null,"description":"Jo Piazza is the author of the new book, If Nuns Ruled the World, which shatters the stereotypes of American Catholic nuns and profiles 10 daring sisters. A veteran journalist whose work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Slate, the Daily Beast and Yahoo, Piazza holds a masters degree in Religious Studies from New York University.","url":"https://time.com/author/jo-piazza/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```