She teaches, on average, two lab courses or three non-lab courses each semester; she involves her undergraduate students in her research program; and she is the Chair of the Faculty Council for the 2005-06 academic year. She also finds the time to pursue several "extracurricular" activities: she teaches and calls traditional American folk dances (her husband plays in the band), she is on a local committee that works to bring art films to Meadville, and she and her husband are long-term members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program in their area.