She holds a PhD in Sociology from Brandeis University. Dr. Better's research engages two distinct areas, one on sex-toy stores, women's sexual agency, and reimagining sexual categories and another exploring the role of using personal experience to enhance learning in urban community college sociology classrooms. Dr. Better was a member of the American Sociological Association's Task Force on Community College Faculty and served as a council member for the ASA Sections on Body and Embodiment and Teaching and Learning. She has published articles in Sexualities, Sexuality & Culture, Teaching Sociology, and The American Sociologist and is the co-editor (with KCC colleagues Emily Schnee and Martha Clark Cummings) of the book Civic Engagement Pedagogy in the Community College: Theory and Practice (Springer 2016).