She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and her master’s and doctoral degrees in Higher Education in the School of Education at the University of Michigan. Previously, she has been a faculty member at Indiana University and the University of Michigan. Her scholarly work focuses on adjustment to college and how college experiences affect outcomes like student major choices (especially in STEM fields), persistence to graduation, and students’ graduate school choices. Recently, she has been engaged in projects studying student sense of belonging in STEM majors, faculty perceptions of their mentoring roles, and institutional environments for instructional change.