She is serving the second year of a two-year term as interim associate dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts. She earned a BS in Biology at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and a PhD in Molecular Biology from Weill Cornell Medical College. Her post-doctoral studies were conducted at the University of California at San Francisco and supported by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Fund. Since coming to New Paltz, she has established and maintained an undergraduate-driven research program into the biochemistry and structural biology of proteins involved in cell division. A recently embarked upon line of work in her lab is focused on the development of genetic tests for dogs. In addition, she has published in the areas of science teaching, learning, and assessment.