She served as Interim Director of Women's Studies from 2000-2002, and Associate Director from 1998-2000. Her research interests include Latin American literary and cultural studies with an emphasis on the intersections of race and gender in the Andean region. Dr. Stephenson's book Gender and Modernity in Andean Bolivia received the A.B. Thomas Award for Excellence in 2000. Currently, she is working on a book project focused on the indigenous counterpublic sphere in Bolivia.