Karen currently works as Director of Research for the Defiant Requiem Foundation, a non-profit that focuses on performance and education of music from the Holocaust. Karen received her BA in music and theater from Muhlenberg College (‘04), her MM in Music History from Temple University (’06) and her Ph.D. in Musicology/Central & Eastern European Studies from The Catholic University of America (‘15). She is also Adjunct Professor of Jewish Studies at Stockton University, adjunct professor of Music History at Rowan University, and adjunct professor of Music at The Catholic University of America. In addition to her research and public speaking, Karen is an active performer and vocalist; she has sung at various venues around the world, including the Vatican, the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, and tours of Italy, Germany and Austria.