She is the first recipient of the NEAG endowed professorship at Alvernia University, which recognizes significant research and teaching excellence. She does research and teaches in the areas of religion and science, medical ethics, and religion and popular culture. She has presented papers at numerous conferences, and has several published articles, as well as three book manuscripts: The Ethics of Animal Experimentation (Oxford, 2005), God, Science, and Designer Genes (co-authored with Dr. Spencer S. Stober, Praeger, 2009), and Kafka’s Creatures (co-edited, Rowman and Littlefield, 2010). She also has 2 book projects in progress: The Sopranos: Exploring Ethics in TV’s Most Infamous Family (Mercer University Press, 2012), and another co-authored work with Dr. Stober, entitled God, Darwin, and the Origins of Life (Mercer University Press, 2013).