She holds a Ph.D. in sociology. Her research examines environmental and justice dimensions of agro-food systems in Europe, particularly in post-socialist eastern Europe, and the United States. Her current project explores questions of sovereignty, gender, and poverty in relation to raw milk consumption and production. Her work was published in Agriculture and Human Values, Sociologia Ruralis, Environment and Planning D, Slavic Review, among other journals, and a number of edited volumes.