Her research focuses on students’ problem solving and reasoning on tasks that require application of statistical knowledge, and using the research on students’ thinking to design environments that foster and enhance learning in STEM. She is a member of the International Society for the Learning Sciences, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. She received her M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in Educational Psychology at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada and conducted post-doctoral work at the Learning, Research, and Development Center (LRDC) at the University of Pittsburgh.