She has taught, lectured, and exhibited her work nationally and internationally. Her work is housed in major collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Brooklyn Art Museum in New York City, Centro Colombo Americano in Colombia, South America, and the Polaroid Collection of Offenbach, Germany among others. Her work is published in textbooks on Photography, and her name has been consistently found in the "Incomplete List of Excellent Teachers" for 24 years at the University of Illinois. She has won numerous teaching awards, including Vice Chancellor&apos;s Teaching Scholar, the inaugural award for Faculty Excellence in Teaching in the school of Art and Design and the Faculty Excellence in Teaching award for the College of FAA.