She is the author of Edith Wharton: Matters of Mind and Spirit (Cambridge UP 1995) and editor or co-editor of six volumes, including The American Child: A Cultural Studies Reader (Rutgers UP 2003). She has published numerous articles on American literature, including topics on adoption. Co-founder of the Alliance for Study of Adoption, Identity, and Kinship, she is currently completing a book on representations of adoption in American literature and culture.