In October 2011, she defended a Ph.D thesis entitled “Memory and Writing in the Works of Éilís Ní Dhuibhne and Nuala O’Faolain” under the supervision of Fabienne Dabrigeon-Garcier. She is a member of the research group CECILLE in Lille 3; her field of research deals with women’s studies and the links between history, memory, and autobiography.