She received her Ph.D. in Media, Art, and Text from Virginia Commonwealth University and her MFA in Sculpture from the University of New Mexico. She is a scholar and an artist with a research focus exploring the intersection of queer theory, affect theory, and art practice. She teaches the introductory course for the department and upper-level classes in feminist and queer theory. In her art practice she works with sculpture, video, sound, and installation art and has exhibited nationally and internationally.