She completed her doctorate in history at the University of Houston in 2000, as well as a Master of Library Science from Simmons College in Boston. The author of several books, articles, and presentations, Fought has seen her work published by academic presses at institutions such as Yale, Oxford, and the University of Missouri, as well as her volume Mystic, Connecticut: From Pequot Village to Tourist Town, which was released by The History Press in 2006.