Paulina Bren alternates her time between the Bronx, Poughkeepsie, and MetroNorth. Born in the former Czechoslovakia, she lived in the U.K. before moving to the United States. Paulina received her B.A. from Wesleyan University, her M.A. from the Jackson School for International Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, and her Ph.D. in Modern European history from New York University.
Bren is an award-winning historian and a professor at Vassar College, where she teaches international, gender, and media studies. She currently lives in the Bronx with her husband and daughter.
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