She serves as the Undergraduate History Major adviser and the faculty sponsor to Phi Alpha Theta (the National History Honor's Society). She completed her PhD in American History from Georgia State University in 2011. Her doctoral work, "The Apocalypse will be Televised: Representations of Nuclear War on Network Television, 1976-1987," examines the critical nexus between nuclear protests, the media, and control over "public opinion." She is currently revising her dissertation into a manuscript for publication.