Her research focuses on multilingual children and adolescents’ language and literacy development and the implications of these processes for teaching and learning. Her current and forthcoming publications can be found in Applied Linguistics, Journal of Second Language Writing, Language and Education, Language Learning, Linguistics and Education, Teachers College Record, The Modern Language Journal, and TESOL Quarterly, among others. She teaches secondary English and ESOL pedagogical methods courses and doctoral-level courses at Curry, coordinates the PhD concentration in Language Education in Multilingual Contexts, and is also affiliated with Youth–Nex, the U.Va. Center to Promote Effective Youth Development.