Her research and teaching examines how systems of knowledge become dominant, analyzing the social, historical, cultural, and political factors shaping how people frame their conception of “the good life,” in turn affecting democratic possibilities for social change. Her recent co-edited book is titled The Public Sociology Debate (University of British Columbia Press, 2014) and interrogates the role of sociological knowledge in political projects, policy, and social change. Her current research project explores the role of scientific evidence in clinical decision-making, specifically how general guidelines function as technologies of regulation that serve to normalize and regulate the profession of medicine.