She is the author of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right (Oxford, 2009), an intellectual biography of the controversial novelist and philosopher. She is currently working on a biography of Milton Friedman. Professor Burns has published articles on conservatism, libertarianism, and liberalism in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Die Ziet, Quartz, and numerous academic journals. She has also been a guest on both The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report. Podcasts of her courses on American History are available through iTunes and on her website www.jenniferburns.org.