Her primary research focus is on the training of preservice and in-service teachers to work with and work for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. She is also interested in the integration of social justice pedagogies in the early childhood/elementary curriculum, especially social studies. Brant's primary teaching interests are in early childhood social studies methods. She enjoys working with students in the university classroom as well as in elementary schools with field-based methods classes and internship supervision.