After obtaining a BA from Notre Dame in 1987, she earned an M.T.S. from Weston Jesuit School of Theology in 1994 and a Ph.D. from Notre Dame in 2000. Her articles have appeared in Louvain Studies, Horizons, The Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics, Josephinum Journal of Theology, The Journal for Peace & Justice Studies, New Theology Review, and the Mennonite Quarterly Review. She is currently finishing a book, Social Sin: Social Reconciliation? She is a cofounder and resident of St. Peter Claver Catholic Worker House in South Bend, Ind.