Rebecca Davis O’Brien is a freelance writer based in New York City. She has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Parade Magazine, and Slate’s Double X blog. Her first book, The King’s English, about her experience teaching at a new boarding school in Jordan, will be published by Algonquin Books.
-
article
Ritzy Teen Summer Programs
MORE
-
article
Ivy League After Dark
Spend Saturday night at Princeton, and you’ll see why women trail men on elite campuses.... MORE
-
article
Why Women Trail Men on Campus
Two Ivy League presidents—Penn’s Amy Gutmann and Brown’s Ruth Simmons—grapple with what’s holding... MORE
-
article
Revolt in the Middle East: Is Jordan Next?
As protests have spread from Tunisia to Egypt to Yemen, some observers wonder if the key U.S.... MORE
-
article
The Social Network's Female Props
Missing from what critics are calling the defining story of our age are female characters who... MORE
-
article
The Truth Behind 'The Social Network'
As the movie The Social Network rolls toward theaters, Rebecca O’Brien writes about Zuckerberg’s... MORE
