Professor Mark’s work focuses on the American civil legal system, the ways in which individuals interact with legal institutions, and the relationship between the federal courts and Congress. Her current research, which examines the civic and political effects of interacting with legal services offices, has received the support of the National Science Foundation and the Economic Club of Washington, D.C. Her work appears in, or is forthcoming at, Denver University Law Review, Hastings Law Review, Law and Society Review, and the Journal of Law and Courts. She has previously worked at the Brookings Institution as a Research Consultant in Governance Studies. She completed her Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and her B.A. in Political Science and Environmental Studies at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville.