I have a Ph.D. in American Studies. My fields of emphasis and teaching include: American History, Cultural Studies, American Ethnic and Immigrant History, College Freshman Orientation Seminars, Modern European History, Religious Studies, Jewish and Judaic Studies, the Holocaust, and Post-World War Two U.S. Civil Rights. I have extensive editing and writing experience that includes my own work as well as professional publications from a career in higher education administration as Associate Director of Academic Advising, Retention Specialist, Communications Director and Executive Director of Graduate and Professional Association among others.