Her research focuses on writing in the disciplines, writing assessment, and racial identity. Her publications include Learning to Communicate in Science and Engineering: Case Studies From MIT (MIT Press, 2010), which won the 2012 Conference on College Composition and Communication Advancement of Knowledge Award, and Race and Writing Assessment (Peter Lang, 2012) as well as articles in College Composition and Communication and the Journal of Business and Technical Communication . She is currently working on a book entitled The Consequences of Writing Assessment .