She teaches very broadly in religious studies, coteaches an introductory interdisciplinary liberal studies course, and is the faculty leader for Spalding's Study Abroad in Ireland program. Dori received her PhD from Syracuse University in 2009 after completing the dissertation, "The Iconic Book: The Image of the Christian Bible in Myth and Ritual." Recent publications include articles in the journal Postscripts (and reprinted in Iconic Books and Texts, edited by J. W. Watts, Equinox, 2013), The Death of Sacred Texts: Ritual Disposal and Renovation of Texts in the World Religions (edited by K. Myrvold, Ashgate, 2010), and Jewish and Christian Scripture as Artifact and Canon (edited by C. A. Evans and D. Zacharias, Bloomsbury, 2009). She is the vice president of SCRIPT, the Society for Comparative Research on Iconic and Performative Texts.