- Doctor of Philosophy in History, Columbia University, May, 1997. Dissertation: “A Field of Honor: The Cultural Politics of Playwriting in Eighteenth-Century France.”
- Master of Philosophy in History, Columbia University, May 1993.
- Master of Arts in History, Columbia University, May 1991. Master’s Essay: “Utopia, Criticism and Political Discourse in the French Enlightenment.”
- Bachelor of Arts, with Distinction, in Intellectual History (Summa Cum Laude) University of Pennsylvania, May 1990. Honors Thesis: “Glowing Persuasion: The Doctrine of Liberty of John Stuart Mill.”
