Born and raised in Los Angeles, I graduated from Brown University in 2005 where I double-majored in History and Judaic Studies. My personal research interests lie in 20th century American gender, social and legal history. My secondary field of research, or my minor field, focuses on modern European Jewish history. Since coming to USC, I have written on a variety of topics, ranging from paternity suits and bastardy laws in 18th century Massachusetts to the history of Brown University's relationship with Tougaloo College, a historically black college near Jackson, Mississippi. My dissertation will focus on the history of American foriegn policy pertaining to family planning and population control (from the Marshall Plan through the Global Gag Rule). In May 2009, the College awarded me the Wallis Annenberg Fellowship, a fellowship that supports research on issues of women, families, and threats to their well-being. I am also a 2009-2010 Graduate Fellow of USC's Center for Law, History and Culture.
I am happy to answer questions about the History Department and the various interdisciplinary opportunities available at USC. I have been a teaching assistant for the History Department and for Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion. In addition to completing my some of courework at USC's Gould School of Law, I have served as a research assistant for the Executive Director of the Shoah Foundation Institute at USC and for Ariela J. Gross, the John B. and Alice R. Sharp Professor of Law and History at USC's Gould School of Law. |
