She is course manager and teaches the Honors sections of the largely freshman-level Writing Across Platforms and Teaching High School Journalism, a methods course required for all Integrated Language Arts majors. She also developed and directs the online master's degree for journalism educators, teaching Opinion Writing each spring. Perkins Bowen served in several JEA board positions, including president from 1994-1996, and has received the association's Carl Towley, Medal of Merit and Linda S. Puntney Teacher Inspiration awards.