List of 12 frequently asked questions.

  • I KNEW I WANTED TO WORK AT THACHER WHEN

    I met with a group of students during my interview. I couldn’t wait to work with such engaged and interesting students.

  • FAVORITE JOB PERKS

    Getting to work on such a gorgeous campus.

  • WHEN NOT TEACHING I CAN BE FOUND

    Curled up on the couch watching something nerdy on TV with my pet rats sleeping on my feet.

  • FAVORITE PLACE IN MY IMAGINATION

    Right now, on the Razor Crest with Baby Yoda and Din Djarin.

  • WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP (NOW)

    An author of fantasy fiction.

  • SINCE YOU ASKED ME TO BRAG, HERE'S THE PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT I'M MOST PROUD OF

    I recently won an award—my very first!—for my work as a professional critic. I write reviews on and about speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, and horror) for a couple of big publications and won an Ignyte Award for my work.

  • FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH

    Two-way tie between the Big Island of Hawai’i and Scotland. I adore both of those places immensely.

  • THE BOOK, MOVIE, WORK OF ART, OR PIECE OF MUSIC I CANNOT IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT

    Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen. 

  • HARDLY ANYBODY KNOWS THAT I

    Have been playing the computer game Civilization since the mid-1990s.

  • WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP (WHEN I WAS 10)

    An archaeologist studying ancient Egypt.

  • FAVORITE PLACE AT THACHER

    The stacks! (Well, I am a librarian, after all.)

  • MY PRIMARY ROLE AT THACHER

    Research Librarian
A college preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12
5025 Thacher Road
Ojai, California, 93023
Tel: 805-646-4377 Fax: 805-646-9490 Email: info@thacher.org 
Notice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: The Thacher School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.