Inspired by her time in France during her undergraduate years, she did her dissertation research in France, "writing about the relationship between Freudian thought and the modern French revolutionary movements."
Dia terinspirasi dari masa-masa sarjananya ketika berada di Prancis selama bertahun-tahun, dan ketika dia melakukan penelitian disertasinya di sana, "menulis tentang hubungan antara pemikiran Freud dan gerakan revolusioner Prancis modern."