Her scholarly interests include interpersonal communication, health communication, and sport communication. Using survey, experimental design, and quantitative methods, her research focuses on how communication in close personal relationships influence one’s psychological, physiological, and relational health. Her research interests include, but are not limited to, affection, sexual communication, social support, and investment. In recent projects she has examined the relational health effects of cuddling in cohabitating romantic relationships, explored the rules and relational maintenance in friends with benefits relationships, and has examined concussion reporting for collegiate student-athletes.