At the School of Social Work she teaches courses in research and policy. Her research focuses on organizations and family-centered practice, with an emphasis on child welfare systems. Her research aim is to understand how organizational and environmental factors affect practitioners’ commitment and ability to provide services that strengthen families and reduce reliance on restrictive forms of services. She has received two federal grants for intervention research on supervision practice. She is the Principal Investigator for the federally funded National Resource Center for In-Home Services and a partner with the National Child Welfare Workforce Institute.