She earned her doctorate degree in sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She had received a fellowship from Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Leaning, Stony Brook (2003) and the President's Award in Teaching(2004). Her research interests focus on sociology of youth, gender, work and labor. Her scholarly work has been published in prominent journals such asContexts, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Berkeley Journal of Sociology and her book on Jessie Bernard is coming out in 2008.She served as the managing editor of Men and Masculinities. She serves as reviewer of textbooks and scholarly books in her areas of expertise for Thomson, Pearson Allyn and Bacon as well as Palgrave Macmillan. Mentor: Professor Meredyth Appelbaum