She is the Co-Editor of A Reader of Narrative and Critical Lenses on Intercultural Teaching and Learning (Information Age, In press). She serves as Conference Historian for Division B Curriculum Studies of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and as Conference Historian for the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). She has also been involved in funded research on exemplary urban educators in Kansas City schools. Her work focuses on experiential curriculum; intercultural teaching and learning; diversity; and narrative inquiry. Her contribution to these fields has been recognized with membership to Professors of Curriculum of AERA, the Early Career Award of the Narrative Research Special Interest Group of AERA, and the Francis P. Hunkins AATC Distinguished Article Award in Teaching.