She teaches courses on adult learning and development, program planning, organizational learning, administrative leadership, serving multicultural and special needs adults, the history and foundations of the Wisconsin Technical College System, the community college, educational dimensions of practice with older adults, urban adult education, administrative leadership, and international adult education. Her primary research interests focus on the psychodynamic aspects of group dynamics, problem-based learning, online learning, and epistemological beliefs. She is also the author of several articles and book chapters on the same topics.