She specializes in African American History and Africana Studies and teaches classes that focus on the history of social movements. She is the author of Strike the Hammer While the Iron is Hot: The Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY, 1940-1970 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, forthcoming). Her past publications include an edited collection, The Business of Black Power: Community Development, Capitalism, and Corporate Responsibility in Postwar America (with Julia Rabig) and an article on Malcolm X in Rochester, NY. Follow her on Twitter @mohojolo.