She received her PhD from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia where she wrote extensively about film and aesthetics. Her publications include:The Design Guideline For St. Joseph, Missouri Historic Districts, 2001, several entries for the The Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, About Atlanta: A Research Guide, Dana White, PhD, Allison Sauls, editorial assistant, 5th edition, (Atlanta, Georgia), 1988; Frederic Guitheim at Eighty: A Festschrift, with Dana White, PhD (Atlanta, Georgia), 1988.