Her research interests include the production of knowledge on child and youth psychopathology, critical disability studies, youth exclusion and practices of medicalization in schools. This work is engaged in the critical analysis of issues that impact on inclusion in education. Research projects include work with Indigenous young people and education, and the investigation of socio-economic status and place in educational disadvantages. Her most recent book, co-authored with Professor Julie Allan, is Psychopathology at School: Theorizing Mental Disorders in Education (Routledge).