As associate dean, she focuses on maintaining high quality learning environments in the college, promoting the AHSS Living and Learning Community, and providing instructors with multiple means for assessing and improving their teaching. Outside of this role, she teaches courses on media, technology, and research methods. She has published research on technology’s impact on undergraduate education in the Atlantic Journal of Communication, Communication Teacher, the Electronic Journal of Communication, and the Journal of Online Learning and Teaching. She is currently teaching an NEH grant-funded course designed to help students articulate the purpose and value of their college education.