She earned her BA from Fordham University, her MA from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and her PhD from the University of Notre Dame. Her research interests focus on Ecclesiology, with a particular interest in feminist theology, Mariology, and the Church. Her current book project (which she discusses in the episode) is on the importance of narrative in Catholic Ecclesiology. She is also the co-editor (with Julia Brumbaugh) of Turnings: Theological Reflections on a Cosmological Conversion: Essays in Honor of Elizabeth A. Johnson (Michael Glazier, 2016), a forthcoming festschrift in honor of Fordham theologian Beth Johnson.