Her research and teaching interests encompass science fiction and horror; digital media and cybercolonialism; the politics of online fandom; and power, privilege and cultural appropriation. Her recent publications include "Vampires, Queers, and Other Monsters: Against the Homonormativity of True Blood," in Fanpires: Audience Consumption of the Modern Vampire (New Academia Press, 2011) and "Sampling (Hetero)sexuality: Diva-ness and Discipline in Electronic Dance Music" in Electronica, Dance, and Club Music (Ashgate, 2012), and "Playing Alien in Post-Racial Times," in Monster Culture in the 21st Century (Bloomsbury Academic, Forthcoming 2013). She has been published in Popular Music and the Journal of Popular Music Studies. Professor Loza is currently working on a project entitled Post-Racial Performativities: Race, Sex, and Popular Culture in 21st Century America.