She teaches and mentors students in the MA and PhD students in TESOL and applied linguistics, and she serves as Associate Director of the Writing Program. Her research has focused primarily on second language writing, genre theory and pedagogy, and academic writing development. Past publications include articles in journals such as English for Specific Purposes, Research in the Teaching of English, TESOL Quarterly, and Written Communication, numerous edited volumes, and Building Genre Knowledge (Parlor Press). She is currently completing a co-authored book (with Brian Paltridge and Sue Starfield) on ethnographic research of academic writingand a monograph exploring genre innovation and creativity in academic writing. Since 2011, she has served as co-editor of Journal of Second Language Writing.