She teaches courses on Foundations of Community Development, Social Policy and Planning, Political Economy of Urban Development, and Community Planning Methods. She works closely with the Environmental Justice Movement and publishes on the topic of global local relations and issues of community development. Dr. Córdova also writes in the area of Chicana Studies and has published "Power and Knowledge: Colonialism in the Academy," "Roots and Resistance: Emergent Writings of Twenty Years of Chicana Feminist Struggle," "Grassroots Mobilizations by Chicanas in the Environmental and Economic Justice Movement," and co-edited Chicana Voices: Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender. She sits on numerous advisory boards and policy committees and also works closely with student organizations.