She teaches preservice teachers in the department of education. Her specialization is in gifted education and her research focuses on psychological constructs that contribute to personal wellbeing, hopefulness, and success in academic settings. Her work on personal wellbeing in gifted student college populations has been published and presented at the national and international levels. She is a quantitative social science researcher. Her methodological areas include ANOVA, MANOVA, regression, factor analysis, and structural equation modeling.