She obtained her PhD from the University of Oregon and has previously taught at Ithaca College, New York. Her research interests include international communication and the political economy of telecommunications, information and new information and communication technologies. Her work has appeared in Continuum: The Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, Feminist Media Studies, Information, Communication, and Society, International Communication Gazette, International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, Javnost-The Public, and Media, Culture, and Society.