Her research interests center on the connection of students' identities, specifically their racial, religious, ethnic, national, and socioeconomic status, with the histories presented in formal school curricula. Prior to earning her Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota, Levy was the program coordinator of the Holocaust Studies and Critical Thinking Program for the Silicon Valley Conference for Community & Justice. She earned her BA and MA degrees at Clark University, where she focused on Holocaust history.