She is also a co-investigator and co-leader of the research team for UC LEAF (Leadership, Empowerment, and Advancement of Women Faculty in STEM), the NSF ADVANCE-IT grant awarded to UC in 2012. Her research focuses broadly on issues of employee retention in both private and public sector organizations. More specifically, she investigates the individual and organizational factors that impact the employment experience and motivate decisions to stay, leave, or return to an organization. Her work with UC LEAF includes an examination of faculty social networks and the link between network structure, productivity, and intentions to remain in the institution, as well as the impact of department-level and institutional policy and practice on promotion and retention outcomes of women and women of color faculty in STEM.