Dr. Caroline Elizabeth Weber is an author and fashion historian. Currently, she is a professor of French and comparative literature at Columbia University.Weber began her academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, then became a professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Pennsylvania, then a professor at Columbia University.Weber's first book, "Terror and its Discontents: Suspect Words and the French Revolution," was published in 2003. Her second book, "Queen of Fashion: What Marie-Antoinette Wore to the French Revolution," was published in 2007.Weber received her B.A. in literature from Harvard University and her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. in French literature from Yale University.