She previously served at Southern New Hampshire University as a visiting professor of English. Prior to coming to SNHU, Fenton taught high school English for 12 years. She currently serves on the Common Book Committee, the Honors Committee, the General Education Committee and is the MAT in English co-chair. She recently presented ''Integrating the Visual Arts in the High School English Curriculum.'' Fenton received her Bachelor of Arts in Russian Language and Russian Literature from the University of Rochester in 1970, her Master of Arts in Foreign and Comparative Literature from the University of Rochester in 1973 and her Doctorate of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Argosy University in 2005.