She is a member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA). Dr. Burnett teaches in the undergraduate and graduate programs and provides clinical supervision to graduate students in the K-State Speech and Hearing Center. She serves as the co-coordinator of the graduate program and as co-advisor for the Kansas Student Speech Language Hearing Association (KSSSLHA). Her research interests include child language development and disorders with a focus in the areas of pragmatics and language comprehension within both typically developing and disordered populations (e.g., autism spectrum disorder, specific language impairment, auditory processing disorder).