She “..is currently investigating the ways in which construction toys have related to architecture and to the built environment. Drawing on an investigation of the toys and their inventors, her work seeks to illuminate how architectural playthings have reflected stylistic inclinations, incorporated technological changes in their systems of construction, and how the toys were influenced by theories of play and education..” (http://www.arch.columbia.edu/gsap/40045/23/4/1798/?data=true!people!faculty.php?start=0!1798)