Ph.D., English, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, December 2000.
- Women’s Studies Doctoral Emphasis Certificate.
- Concentration in 20th-century literature and culture, especially multiethnic U.S. literature, media and popular culture, and science and technology studies.
- Earned multiple awards, grants, and fellowships.
- Wrote book-length dissertation on the role of kitchens in national discourse from World War II to 1992.
- Dissertation committee: Maurizia Boscagli, Charles Bazerman, Carl Gutierrez-Jones, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Constance Penley.
M.A., Women’s Studies, The George Washington University, 1993.
- Interdisciplinary program with core courses in research methods, theory, and history
- Concentration in 20th-Century U.S., Asian American, and African American Literature
- Awarded teaching fellowship and scholarship as outstanding student in the M.A. program
A.B., Public Policy Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1990.
- Topics covered in core courses included policy and political analysis, negotiation, ethics, statistics, and economics.
- Concentration in International Relations, South Asia and the Middle East
And, just for fun: pre-college education:
- Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD, 1984-1986.
- Jakarta International School, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1981-1984.
- Thomas W. Pyle Middle School, Bethesda, MD, 1980-1981.
- Burning Tree Elementary School, Bethesda, MD, 1973-1975 and 1979-1980.
- The International School of Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1975-1979.