As a first-year graduate student at Brandeis University I'm just beginning my exciting career in the world of academia.

• I attended my first academic conference at the University of Southern California's Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies. 

• I am a proud member of the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Biblical Literature, and the Association for Jewish Studies. (My second academic conference was AJS in December, in Chicago!)

• Current academic news: teaching an adult education class ("Women in the Bible') at my synagogue (March), and possibly something fun with KOACH at Harvard..

In addition to my fabulous studies...

• My heart belongs to Delta Gamma, a women's fraternity (a.k.a. sorority) with collegiate chapters and alumnae groups all over the world!  Currently I'm the Young Alumnae Coordinator for the Boston Alumnae Chapter as well as the Ritual Adviser for the Zeta Phi chapter at Harvard College.

• I've got a fabulous bi-weekly column in Boston's "Jewish Advocate" newspaper, entitled "everyone loves a single girl." Kickoff party was called *delicious* -- check out the pictures (once you log into the site, enter your email address with "kickoff" as the password). 

• My godfather introduced me to the good work of Southern Poverty Law Center, a worthy charity I support whole-heartedly.  Along similar lines I'm a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.