She teaches American literature, Native American fiction, literary criticism and theory, multicultural literature, and Shakespeare. Charles W. Chesnutt Reappraised, a collection of critical essays, which she co-edited with David G. Izzo, received the Sylvia Lyons Render award for outstanding scholarship in May 2011. Her work on Native American authors such as Louise Erdrich, Gerald Vizenor, and Sherman Alexie was published in the European Review of Native American Studies, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, and World Literature Today.