RECENT WRITING
Three Books For Surviving Graduate School
National Public Radio
Graduate students need higher stipends, fewer questions from prying relatives about when they’ll graduate, and more department events with unguarded pastries. You might think the last things grad students need are more books.
All That Glitters Is All We Remember
Why are we most fascinated by the irrelevant aspects of science?
Don’t Try This at Home
Shouldn’t scientists blow more things up? Introducing the first humor column about being, and becoming, a scientist.
Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School
31-page excerpt of the full book, available on Scribd. But you should totally buy the book.
Reunited…And It Feels So Awkward
Princeton Alumni Weekly
I’m married. I have no kids. I live in an apartment near the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and work at a biotech company in Rockville, Md. And later this month, for some reason, I will find it very important to share this information with people I have not seen since last May.
iReporters Search for the “Heartland” on Road Trip
Knowing we would attend a wedding in St. Louis, Missouri, one weekend and a bridal shower in Chicago, Illinois, the next, the two of us decided to turn the events into an excuse for a summer road trip through Illinois and parts of neighboring states from June 28 to July 4. [Coauthored with Marina Koestler Ruben.]
More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays: An Anthology of New Dramatic Writing from Professionally Produced Plays
Includes my one-act plays “Out of Character” and “Shot At.”
STAGE THIS! Ten-Minute Plays
Includes my one-act play “New Tricks.”