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 I am a student at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. I am graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor's degree in History, a minor in Economics and a certificate in Professional Writing and Technical Communications.

My interests include:

Economics
 behavioral economics, decision making and modeling
Psychology personality types, unconscious preferences, self-esteem
History religious movements (especially cults), use of history to justify actions, construction of narratives
Design defining what makes an effective, simple and appealing design
Art what strikes people as beautiful and why
Communications studying human interactions and gender differences
Technology figuring out in which instances technology is most successful in improving living conditions
Rhetoric understanding what makes a speech powerful or appealing