She also an affiliate of the Institute for Population Research, at The Ohio State University and has an OSU Extension appointment in Family and Consumer Sciences. She studies family change and the transition to adulthood, with a focus on rural populations. Snyder teaches two graduate courses—Family Demography and Secondary Data Analysis. She also teaches Research Methods and Life Course Studies at the undergraduate level. Snyder has served her college and department in a number of administrative roles, including Interim Chair of the departments of HDFS and Human Sciences, Program Leader for HDFS in Human Sciences, and Associate Chair for Research in Human Sciences.