Her work focuses on the intersections of gender, sexuality, and work & occupations. She received her PhD in Sociology from University of Texas at Austin in 2010. She is the author of School’s Out: Gay and Lesbian Teachers in the Classroom (2014, UC Press). Her work has been published in Signs, Gender & Society, and Women’s Studies Quarterly, among other outlets. She is currently the Director of Graduate Studies for the BU Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department. BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY