Her study of the work of Almeida Garrett entitled Utopias desmascaradas. O mito do bom selvagem e a procura do homen natural na obra de Almeida Garrett was published by the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda. Her publications include: “Untaming the Screw: Sex, Sewers and Obscenity in A Cidade e as Serras.” Queirosiana 12-13 (2005): 129-60; “Subjects of Confession, Objects of Desire: (Dis)engaging Constructs of Sex, Power and Sin in Eça de Queirós’s O Crime do Padre Amaro." Portuguese Studies 19 (Fall 2003): 64-79, and “Taking the Father’s Place: Neo-Bovarism and Female Sexuality in Hélia Correia’s O Número dos vivos.2 Bulletin of Spanish Studies LXXXII, No. 6 (Fall 2005): 793-813.