Lau­rie Roza­kis, Ph.D., is a uni­ver­si­ty pro­fes­sor, lec­tur­er, pro­fes­sion­al writer, and edi­tor. She has pub­lished more than 100 books, includ­ing The Portable Jew­ish Moth­er (Adams). Dr. Roza­kis is a full pro­fes­sor of English/​Humanities at Farm­ing­dale State Col­lege. She wel­comes vis­i­tors to her blog http://​roza​k​ile​.blogspot​.com/.