She has published in Polis, Epoche, Parrhesia and the Journal for Speculative Philosophy. She has presented at the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy, the Ancient Philosophy Society, the Hannah Arendt Circle, philoSophia, and the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, in addition to many invited papers. She is a regular faculty member at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum in Citt... di Castello, Italy. She recently won a Faculty Excellence Award for Research, a grant from the Texas division of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and several Faculty Development Awards. Trott's background in politics - having worked on Capitol Hill and on several political campaigns before pursuing her academic career - continues to influence her philosophical work.