She has published many articles and an edited volume (Neither Villain nor Victim, 2008) on drug abuse, identity, gender, race, and stigma. Her forthcoming book Rave Culture: The Alteration and Decline of a Philadelphia Music Scene (2009), is a comparative ethnographic study about the social, cultural, and economic forces that alter youth-based music scenes. Her work has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Justice.