Her expertise is concentrated in the fields of internet history; the future of the internet; and print/online journalism. She has directed two major studies for the Pew Internet & American Life Project: the Internet Predictions Database and a 2001 ethnographic study of the use of the internet by small-town families (www.elon.edu/pew/oneweek). She is the author of the book "Imagining the Internet: Personalities, Predictions, Perspective," forthcoming from Rowman & Littlefield in August 2005. She joined the faculty at Elon in 1999, following a 20-year career as an editor and reporter for daily newspapers in Minnesota and North Dakota. She has written articles for the New York Times News Service, USA Today, Newspaper Research Journal, Operant Subjectivity, College Media and Advertising Age. She is also a co-author of the 2005 Pew Internet report "The Future of the Internet."