She was previously a Lecturer in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, where she taught in the Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture (ITALIC) program. Her current book project, "Drop Dead: Performance in Crisis, 1970s New York City," forthcoming from Northwestern University Press, looks at theatre, inequality, and neighborhood identity during the 1970s fiscal crisis in New York. Her research in the areas of theatre and urban development has appeared in publications including Theatre Journal, The Radical History Review, Performance Research, and PAJ. She previously taught at Baruch College (CUNY), Marymount Manhattan College, Barnard College, and the NYC Department of Education. She received her Ph.D in Theatre from the CUNY Graduate Center and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.