She holds a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from Goddard College, a MA in English Literature from James Madison University, and a BA in English from Eastern Mennonite College. She returned to academia after many years of running her own business. At Mason she has helped develop a number of new courses in NCC, such as �Gender Representation in Popular Culture� and �art as Social Action.� She has presented her educational work at many conferences and is the author of a chapter in �Educating for Change: Teaching and Learning about Diversity.�