Her work centers on 19th century German philosophy, especially Kant and Schopenhauer, as well as aesthetics and ethics. Recent publications include “Contemporary Cinematic Tragedy and the ‘Silver-Lining’ Genre” (with Steven Wagschal) and “The Problem with the Problem of Tragedy: Schopenhauer’s Solution Revisited” both in the British Journal of Aesthetics, and the Stanford Encyclopedia Article on Schopenhauer’s aesthetics http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schopenhauer-aesthetics/