If “My So-Called Life” Had Streamed and Not Aired
Situated Magazine (essay)
November 2021

On the 20th Anniversary of 9/11, We Are All Wounded Healers
Newsweek (essay)
Sept 2021

I Went To Camp For The First Time This Summer At 40. Here's What I Learned
WBUR Cognoscenti (essay)
August 2021

Summer reading struggles? Here’s how to help your child now and into the school year.
Washington Post (feature)
August 2021

Dear Tennessee Williams: Have You Even BEEN to Cleveland?
Points in Case (humor)
June 2021

AN OPEN LETTER TO MY CHILD’S OVERNIGHT CAMP ABOUT THE THINGS I DIDN’T HAVE ROOM TO INCLUDE IN THE “ANYTHING ELSE WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT YOUR CHILD?” SECTION OF THE REGISTRATION FORM
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency (humor)
June 2021

How a Spider Web Can Untangle Memoir Writing
Teachers & Writers Magazine (lesson plan)
April 2021

Under that Knee: Talking to My Students about the Derek Chauvin Trial
Newsweek (opinion)
March 2021

I'm So Tired Of Staring At My Face On Zoom
WBUR - Cognoscenti (essay)
February 2021

Either/Origin: On Rachel Anne Jolie's "Rust Belt Femme"
Cleveland Review of Books
February 2021

College Professor to Prospective Students: Embrace the Discomfort
Grown + Flown (service piece)
February 2021

Five Stages of Home Office Printer Grief
Medium - Greener Pastures (humor)
February 2021

“I Survived Drowning in Quicksand”
Newsweek (personal essay)
February 2021

‘Minari’: the absolute American story
Culturas (film review)
January 2021

Are You There, Judy? It’s Me, Kendra
LiteraryMama (essay)
January 2021

Embracing my husband’s culture for our child
Motherfigure (essay)
January 2021

Check Your White Privilege with Home Alone
Video Librarian (essay)
December 2020

Girl, Woman, Odor
Full Stop (essay)
October 2020

Making the Best of Too Much Family Togetherness
YourTeen Magazine (essay)
October 2020

Please Consider My Child’s Application To Your Pandemic Pod
Little Old Lady Comedy (humor)
Sept 2020

6 Apps to Share With Your Teens For Better Mental Health
Moms of Teens and Tweens (service piece)
Aug 2020

Zipper
Porcupine Literary (poem)
July 2020

How to avoid being a Karen — even when you really, really want to
The Independent (essay)
July 15, 2020

Is the Essay Incubator For You? 
Grub Street (service piece)
July 9, 2020

The Cellist
JMWW (Essay)
May 27, 2020

Cameo Is My Quarantine Therapy
Slate.com (Essay)
May 25, 2020

The Lord Rested
Spiritual Parent (Essay)
April 7, 2020

Indie US booksellers aren’t going down without a fight
The Bookseller (Feature)
February 28, 2020

Bonding With My Teenage Daughter—Tea With My Daughter Helps Break the Ice
Your Teen Magazine (Essay)
February 13, 2020

Where are the POC in Holiday Films?
Michigan Quarterly Review (Essay)
December 13, 2019

I'm raising my kids as non-believers [in Santa]
Today’s Parent (Essay)
November 29, 2019

My In-Laws Urged Me To Try A 100-Day Korean Postpartum Ritual. Here’s What I Learned.
Huffington Post (Essay)
November 21, 2019

My students would make excellent voters — why don’t they think so?
Broad + Liberty (OpEd)
November 19, 2019

The Joy of Ushering the Matinee
Next Avenue (essay)
November 15, 2019

My Kids Love Anime: Bonding with My Kids at AnimeCon
Your Teen Magazine (essay)
September 11, 2019

“Hoop Dreams” is right on time, even 25 years later
The Wrangler (essay)
September 5, 2019

Remember, Oh Co-Eds, the College Campus Landscapers
Points in Case (satire)
September 2, 2019

Yuppie Wedding Announcement Written by a Bitter Maid-of-Honor
Points in Case (satire)
August 19, 2019

How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick
Englewood Review of Books (book review)
April 4, 2019

It’s easier now for gay men to adopt. But they still face lots of pushback, and weird questions.
Washington Post - On Parenting (feature)
January 25, 2019

Here’s why we need to stop celebrating ‘superparents’
Washington Post - On Parenting (essay)
January 16, 2019

The Radical Act of Paring Down Holiday Consumption (feature)
Parent.Co
December 2017

The Best App for Keeping Up with Your Mom Friends (service piece)
Parent.Co
December 2017

Tree-Bush (essay)
Mothers Always Write
published November 2017

Blueprint: The Magazine of Girls Preparatory School
Served as Editor-in-Chief of publication
Spring 2017 edition

White on rice (essay)
Topology Magazine
published June 2016

When Dad learned to text, everything changed (essay)
PDF version
Boston Globe Magazine - Connections
published Summer 2016

"A young hero" (essay) 
The One Project - Keepers Series
published Fall 2015

"Song Service" (feature story)
Columns Magazine of Southern Adventist U.
Winter 2014

Retweet, Report, Reply All (essay)
Skirt Magazine
published April 2014

Monologue: We Are the Feet of the People Whose Holiday Card You Received Last Week (satire)
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
December 2012

Open Letter: An Open Letter to William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Repayment Program (satire)
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency
January 2012

Five Marks of a Successful Etsy Shop (service piece)
Simply Stacie blog
published August 2011

Transracial adoptions earning more respect (long feature)
Bay State Banner
November 2009

Easy to Be Green (long feature)
Beverage Spectrum Magazine
September 2008

Historical Review of "Marty"
Brattle Film Notes
May 2008