Her recent book Writing the Goodlife: Mexican American Literature and the Environment (University of Arizona Pres, 2016) presents the first long-range, literary study of environmental Chicana/o writing. Priscilla is also the author of many essays and given invited lectures across the United States and abroad, including Stockholm, Sweden; Bucharest, Romania; Japan; and Edinburgh, Scotland. In addition to her current position at the University of North Texas, she has taught courses at Texas Tech University, Rice University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and Yale University. She also serves on the board of directors for Orion Magazine.