Her research interests include service-learning in higher education computing programs, gerontechnology, and intergenerational computing. Her studies focus on how technology helps improve the quality of life in older adults, enhance cognitive functioning, as well as how intergenerational computing programs change student attitudes towards the elderly. Research efforts have led to awards including: American Society of Aging MetLife MindAlert Award for Mental Fitness Program; Isabel Brabazon Award for Evaluation and Research in Intergenerational Programs; Women: Builders of Communities and Dreams; and the Jefferson Award for Public Service.