She is a Mediterranean archaeologist whose research focuses on the craft technologies of Greco-Roman antiquity, the spatial organization of workshops, craft apprenticeship, and the negotiation of social status through crafts, especially ceramics. She has been involved in archaeological fieldwork in Greece (Paros, Cyclades), ethnoarchaeology in Tunisia (Moknine), and an experimental open-air lab for pyrotechnology in Tucson, Arizona. Her book, The Penteskouphia Pinakes and Potters at Work at Ancient Corinth, is being published by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.