She joined the University of Memphis in 2009, and she is a 2013 recipient of the College of Arts and Sciences Early Career Research Award. Her research focuses on the intersections of security, the environment, and gender. Her work has appeared in Security Studies, International Studies Perspectives, Global Environmental Politics, International Feminist Journal of Politics, and multiple edited volumes. Her book, International Security and Gender (2012, Polity Press), was named to Choice's 2014 list of Outstanding Academic Titles. Routledge will publish her second book, Environmental Security and Gender, in the fall. Dr. Detraz teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes primarily in the fields of international relations and environmental politics- including courses like Theories of International Relations, International Conflict and Security, and Global Environmental Politics.