Her research interests include national identity formation processes and collective memory in the South Caucasus. Her PhD dissertation, “Delimitations of Individualist and Collectivist Paradigms in Memory Research: Integrative Methodological Alternative,” was completed in the Department of Sociology at Ilia State University in 2014. She teaches a variety of courses at Ilia State University, including Classical Sociological Theory, Modern Sociological Theories, Qualitative Research Methods, and Theories of European Identity.