She is trained in U.S. history, oral history, twentieth century urban culture, African American history, public history, and legal history. Her first book, Making Good Neighbors: Civil Rights, Liberalism, and Integration in Postwar Philadelphia (Cornell University Press, 2014), examines the creation of intentionally integrated neighborhoods in the latter half of the twentieth century. As well as being OHMAR’s Vice President, she is the incoming managing editor of the Oral History Review, and a member of the Reacting to the Past Consortium Editorial Board. She also directs “Staring out to Sea: The Story of Superstorm Sandy in Three Bayshore Communities,” an oral history project documenting the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in three neighborhoods along the Sandy Hook Bay (http://staringouttosea.com/).