Her research interests include teacher education reform, teaching practices and comparative science and mathematics education. She has been the evaluator on numerous of programs and projects which include a National Science Foundation grant that aims to develop a calculus-based undergraduate physics curriculum with health science applications and a Dwight D. Eisenhower Higher Education Professional Development Grant that focuses on the improvement of science instruction in urban schools. She has conducted a number of national and international presentations that emphasize science and general teaching methodology reform among pre-service and in-service teachers.