She received her Ph.D. from the Arts and Technology program at UTD in 2007 and has served as a writer and designer on experimental and educational game projects with numerous university partners, including the Dallas Museum of Art, Alcatel, Samsung, U.S. Army Training Doctrine and Command (TRADOC), and Joint Forces Command (JFCOM). She is a member of both the Mobile Innovation Lab and the Virtual Worlds Lab at UTD. Currently she teaches courses in game design, theory, and production and coordinates the UT Dallas Computer Gaming Entrepreneurship Competition.