Rachel Zhu comes to New Haven from New Jersey. She completed her B.A. at Boston University, where she double-majored in English and political science. Now at Yale, she seeks to research expressions of goodness in Russian and English literature, as well as the religious and philosophical traditions that inform them. She is particularly interested in virtue ethics, Christianity, and Dostoevsky. Outside of class, she enjoys writing, taking walks, exploring new restaurants, and browsing used book sales.
