Her research focuses on mathematics instruction and learning with deaf and hard-of-hearing students. She is particularly interested in the areas of problem solving and the influence of a visual language (American Sign Language) on mathematics understanding. Dr. Pagliaro is the co-PI of the SSPPG Projects (Signing/Solving Story Problems in the Primary Grades) funded by OSEP and the Building Math Readiness in Young Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing Students: Parents as Partners Project funded by IES.