She also is a former newspaper reporter who spent 12 years on the Metro desk of The Dallas Morning News and two years at the Boston Herald. At North Texas, she teaches writing and reporting; Race, Gender and Media; and graduate classes in media studies. Everbach earned a Ph.D. in journalism from the University of Missouri in 2004, a master's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000, and a bachelor's degree in journalism from Boston University in 1984. Before teaching at UNT, she taught journalism for two years at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. Her research focuses on gender and race in media, including news reporting, newsroom management and sports coverage.