Jennifer graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in English and Philosophy, as well as with an M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include epistemology, the study of human consciousness and knowledge, normative truth theories, philosophy of language, and intellectual history. She has traveled to over 20 countries, and has lived in France and Russia. She has also taken courses in Physics and Astronomy at Moscow University, and worked at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CFA). She has written articles on the topics of x-ray astronomy and inactive stars published in the OSA/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS).