Ann Kirschner is University Dean of Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York. She began her career as a lecturer in Victorian literature at Princeton University, where she had earned her Ph.D. A writer and contributor to a variety of publications, she is the author of SALA'S GIFT and has built a career as an entrepreneur in media and technology. She lives in New York City with her family. Visit her website at www.kirschner.org