Her current research interests are international finance, corporate finance, credit risk and fixed income security valuation. She has published in various academic journals such as the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Derivatives, Applied Mathematical Finance, Journal of Computational Finance and the Journal of Alternative Investments. She was awarded the J. Wendell and Louise Crain Research Fellowship in 2005, the GW-CIBER research grants in 2008 and 2010, Journal of Financial Research Outstanding Paper Award in 2008, the GW-Institute for Corporate Responsibility grant in 2010 and the George Washington School of Business Dean's Scholar award for 2008-2010. She has also worked as a visiting scholar on several occasions at the International Monetary Fund.