Before joining the National University faculty, she worked for five years as an Assistant Professor at Lamar University in Texas. She teaches courses in the English B.A. and M.A. Programs and is Course Lead for LIT 100: Introduction to Literature. She is an Assistant Editor of StoryTelling: A Critical Journal of Popular Narrative, a peer-reviewed journal of the humanities, and serves on many committees at National University, including the General Education Committee and the Senate Regional Committee.