Ava Arndt

  

Ava Arndt was born and raised in Los Angeles. She attended Berkeley as a undergraduate before moving to London where she completed her MA and PhD in eighteenth-century Literature at the University of London. Since 2000 she has taught at UC Irvine, first in the department of English, now as part of Humanities Core. In addition, she has pursued work in public policy and earned an MPA in nonprofit management. Her research interests center around concepts of mobility, economics and trust both historically and in digital media. She lives in Venice.