She currently teaches courses in statistics, research methods, human sexuality, general psychology, and biological psychology. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology with an emphasis on human development and her M.Ed. in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned her M.A. in Developmental Psychology and her B.A. in Psychology from San Francisco State University. Her research has focused on romantic and sexual relationships, education, and sexual and homophobic harassment of adolescents and emerging adults.