She currently serves as associate professor and academic chair of the nutrition and kinesiology department at Lipscomb. She has experience in public health, clinical nutrition, and community nutrition education. At Lipscomb she has worked to create the Dietetic Internship Program, the undergraduate Lipscomb Seminar program, the integrated science course sequence, and the Master of Science in Exercise and Nutrition Science. She is an active member of the American Dietetic Association and serves as an elected delegate for the Tennessee Dietetic Association.