Her research interests include evidence-based decision making, performance accountability in higher education, and the role of state and federal policy in post-secondary education reform, particularly in community colleges. She currently teaches qualitative research courses and Issues in School Governance. Prior to her employment at Rowan University she worked as a Research Associate at the Community College Research Center at Teachers College, Columbia University for eight years. She also worked as an administrator at colleges in the Northeast and as a corporate consultant for 10 years. She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University in Higher and Postsecondary Education.