Her research centers on the relationship between higher education policy and access and success for underrepresented minorities (URMs) in the sciences and related (STEM) fields. In addition to exploring the ways in which institutional and college financing pathways structure opportunity and outcomes for URMs in STEM, she is interested in better understanding the roles of minority-serving institutions and community colleges in expanding STEM educational opportunity for historically disadvantaged populations. Her work has appeared in the Review of Higher Education, Journal of African American History, and New Directions for Institutional Research and in volumes published by Routledge, SUNY Press, and Stylus.