She is currently completing a book manuscript about the New York intellectuals, a prominent group of mostly Jewish writers and critics at mid-century, examining them through the lens of gender and ethnicity. An article from that larger project, entitled "Neither 'Sissy' Boy Nor Patrician Man: New York Intellectuals and the Construction of American Jewish Masculinity" appeared in the summer 2014 issue of American Jewish History. She received her Ph.D. from Northwestern University and bachelor of arts degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, and was previously a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder.