Her research lies at the intersection of urban poverty, racial inequality, and social policy, with a particular focus on the role of the neighborhood context in shaping the health and well-being of low-income families. Her current projects involve a mix of methodological approaches, including community based participatory research (CBPR), qualitative data analyses, spatial analyses of local neighborhood data, and multi-level models using longitudinal surveys. She recently received a grant from the Center for Community Engaged Teaching and Research (CETR) at Duquesne to begin a new study, "The Other Side of the Story: Exploring the Experiences of Housing Choice Voucher Landlords as a way to improve the stability of Low-Income Households and Communities."