She focuses on disability issues in employment and labor law, particularly the Americans with Disabilities Act and its relationship to other laws and social policies. She also studies alternative work arrangements such as contingent work, and the connections between workplace experiences and political participation. Her work has appeared in the Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Social Science Quarterly, Political Research Quarterly, Industrial Relations and other journals. She has been awarded the Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award for "Enabling Democracy: Disability and Voter Turnout," by the Western Political Science Association for the best article published in the journal in 2002. Lisa earned her J.D. from Northwestern University and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.