She received her Ph.D. in 2006 from Harvard University. Her research focuses on the state of the rule of law in the post-Communist region. Her research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, Demokratizatsiya, and Europe-Asia Studies. In addition, she has published a book, Politicized Justice in Emerging Democracies, with Cambridge University Press. Her research has been funded by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. More information can be found on her website and on her Google scholar profile.