Stephanie McGuire holds a bachelor's degree in biology from MIT, master's and doctoral degrees in neuroscience from the University of Oxford, and a master's degree in opera performance from the Longy Conservatory. She attended Oxford on a Marshall scholarship and a graduate fellowship from the National Science Foundation. At the Longy Conservatory, Stephanie received the Victor Rosenbaum medal, given yearly to the most outstanding graduate of the conservatory. Partly as a result of long and stimulating conversations with her mother about pedagogy and learning strategies, Stephanie has become a...