Books
Stories, Art History articles, & other creative works
Education articles
Essays from college and grad school

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Books:

• The Secrets of Top Students: Tips, Tools, and Techniques for Acing High School and College: Click here to read about it on my website, or order it on Amazon.

• Finalist in James Jones First Novel Fellowship Contest for manuscript of Ariadne Dances (2013)

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Stories & Articles:

• In Search of E.B. First appeared in the Michigan Quarterly Review. This is a creative non-fiction piece about my search for E.B. White’s farmhouse in the wilds of Maine. Click here for the full text. Click here to read my accompanying blog post. Named a Notable Essay in The Best American Essays 2013.

• Book Review: A Memoir of Central Asia with Mass Appeal.  Published by EurasiaNet.org.  A review of David Mould’s book Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia.

• Book Review: A History of Ukraine with Big Ambitions, Mixed Results.  Published by EurasiaNet.org.  A review of The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy.

• Expert Stefanie Weisman: How to Study Without Distraction.  A review of Freedom’s distraction blocking software.

• Top 6 reasons you should date a pilot: Floating on Cloud 9: Published by SheKnows/ Loving You. A tongue-in-cheek piece on how to travel for next to nothing. Click here to read the accompanying blog post.

• Militarism in the Wall Paintings of the Dura-Europos Synagogue: A New Perspective on Jewish Life on the Roman Frontier: Published by Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies. Read my accompanying blog post here.

• The Nuremberg Schembartlauf and the Art of Albrecht Durer:  Published by Cerise Press. This came out of a paper I wrote for my Master’s degree.

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Education articles:
Note: For a full list of my education articles, please see my home page.

• Taming the Tiger of Achievement:  Good news: You don’t need tiger parents to succeed in school. Featured in the New York Times blog SchoolBook.

• Five ways to avoid the pitfalls of technology in college: Published by USA Today. Click here to read my accompanying blog post.

• Six Surprising Myths About Succeeding in School: Recent research dispels many commonly held beliefs about learning and success. Published by CollegeXPress.

• “Get Smart!” – Study tips article in Girl’s Life magazine.  Available in April/May 2012 issue.

• Top 10 Techniques to Help You Survive Finals:  With finals just around the corner, the end of the semester can be a very stressful time. But never fear! By following these ten easy tips, you can enjoy the end of your term and still ace your exams. Published by College Countdown.

• The Top Seven New Year’s Resolutions for Students:  Published by College Countdown.

• How to Write a Research Paper in College by Mastering the Five Rs:  Published by StudentAdvisor.com. Re-posted by the Rise Scholarship Foundation here.

• The LD Advantage:  LD stands for learning disability or difficulty. Originally published by the Rise Scholarship Foundation.

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Essays from college and grad school:

• An Analysis of the Late Bronze Age Site of Ayia Irini, Keos:  One of the qualifying papers for my Master’s degree.

• From the Florence Baptistery to the Camposanto: A Comparative Analysis of Last Judgments:  Images of Purgatory in early Renaissance art.

• The Rebels of 1381: The Construction of Identity in the Chronicles of the Peasants’ Revolt:  This paper won Columbia’s Lily Prize for best senior thesis in history on a non-U.S. topic.

• An Analysis of Seneca’s De Beneficiis:  A paper I wrote for my Roman Social History class in college.

• An Analysis of Eddius Stephanus’ Life of Wilfrid:  A paper I wrote for my Early Middle Ages class in college.

• Traffic Problems Threaten Bayside Quality of Life:  Published by The Queens Gazette in 2001.