Her areas of expertise are in nonprofit and tax exempt Law. Her scholarship, teaching and service, nationally and locally, reflect this interest. Most recently, Professor Cherry served as an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute ("ALI") on its "Principles of the Law of Charitable Nonprofit Organizations". She has co-authored several nonprofit tax exempt texts including the 3rd edition of her casebook Tax Exempt Organizations: Cases and Materials, which will be published in 2014.